PHP client library for EFA API

This library is written in PHP and is using guzzle for requesting the EFA API. An API to request informations about public transport in a city. Used in cities in Germany like Augsburg, Munich or Münster.

Installation

Use composer

composer require gared/efa-php-client

Usage examples

Configure client

Initialize Client with base url for the EFA API.

$client = new \Gared\EFA\Client(\Gared\EFA\Client::BASE_URL_MVV);

Transport association	constant
Münchner Verkehrs Verbund	BASE_URL_MVV
Augsburger Verkehrs Verbund	BASE_URL_AVV
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr	BASE_URL_VRR
Großraum-Verkehr Hannover	BASE_URL_GVH
Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH	BASE_URL_BSVG

Find stations

$stationService = $client->findStations('Hauptbahnhof');
$response = $stationService->getStations();

foreach ($response->getStopFinder()->getPoints() as $point) {
    if ($point->getAnyType() === 'stop') {
        echo $point->getName() . ': ' . $point->getRef()->getLatitude() . ' ' . $point->getRef()->getLongitude() . PHP_EOL;
    }
}

Supported Platforms

• You need at least PHP 7.4

Documentation

This library using the following endpoints:

Endpoint	Method name	Description
XML_STOPFINDER_REQUEST	$client->findStations	Get stations and POIs
XML_TRIP_REQUEST2	$client->findTrip	Get (realtime) informations about transportation possibilities from one place to another
XML_DM_REQUEST	$client->findDepartures	Get departure informations of a station
XML_SYSTEMINFO_REQUEST	$client->getSystem	Get system info and version
XML_ADDINFO_REQUEST	TODO	Get additional informations like interferences

Read more about this API here:

• EFA-API from muensterhack.de
• Documentation of OpenVRR