Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) offers real-time data about Stockholm's public transport. Using it you can show all departures and arrivals for a stop, or easily plan a route from A to B. More information can be found at the Trafiklab website.
This repository contains a PHP SDK to easily use the SL departures and routeplanning APIs. This way you don't need to worry about making requests, caching, or parsing responses. All responses are parsed and returned as PHP classes.
Work in progress: There is no 1.0.0 release available yet. If you want to get a sneak peak, you can get it by adding this repository manually to your projects composer file. However, keep in mind that breaking changes are still possible. A first release is estimated to arrive in one of the next months.
Installing can be done by using Composer:
composer require trafiklab/sl-php-sdk
This package follows Semantic versioning:
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, we increment the:
- MAJOR version when we make incompatible API changes,
- MINOR version when we add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
- PATCH version when we make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
The following software is required to use this SDK:
- PHP 7.1 or higher
- PHP Curl extension
- PHP JSON extension
In order to use the SL Timetable and Routeplanning APIs, you need to obtain an API key from Trafiklab first.
The following code example illustrates how you can retrieve a timetable for a certain stop.
$departuresRequest = new SlTimeTableRequest();
$departuresRequest->setStopId("1000");
$slWrapper = new SlWrapper();
$slWrapper->setUserAgent("<YOUR_USER_AGENT>");
$slWrapper->setTimeTablesApiKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>");
$response = $slWrapper->getTimeTable($departuresRequest);
<YOUR_API_KEY> is obtained from Trafiklab. <YOUR_USER_AGENT> is a string which identifies your application.
While this is not enforced in any way, it is good practice to use a clear user agent.
An example could be MyDemoApp/1.0.0 (mail@example.com) .
If you don't want to send a user agent, you can just leave out this line.
Detailed information about SL request parameters can be found at the Trafiklab website. Only the most important/most used request parameters are implemented in the SDK, in order to reduce clutter, and to ensure that we can keep the SDK unchanged in case of changes to the API. If you believe we have missed an important field, please create an issue so we can review this.
In order to use the data returned by your request, you can simply call getTimeTable() on the response object. This method returns an array of TimeTableEntry instances, each of which describes one departure or arrival. You can look at the code and PHPDoc in order to get up-to-date information on which fields are available. Detailed information about ResRobot responses can be found at the Trafiklab website.
The following code gives a quick idea on how the SDK is used.
$entry = $response->getTimetable()[0]; // Get the first result
// Type of transport, one of the constants in Trafiklab\Common\Model\Enum\TransportType
$entry->getTransportType();
// The name of the stop location
$stop = $timeTableEntry->getStopName()
// The number of the line
$lineNumber = $timeTableEntry->getLineNumber();
// The direction of the vehicle
$direction = $timeTableEntry->getDirection();
// The scheduled departure time at the stop
$scheduledStopTime = $timeTableEntry->getScheduledStopTime();
The following code example illustrates how you can plan a route from A to B
$queryTime = new DateTime();
$queryTime->setTime(18, 0);
$wrapper = new SlWrapper();
// Create a new routeplanning object. The wrapper will instantiate an object of the interface type.
$wrapper = $wrapper->createRoutePlanningRequestObject();
$wrapper->setOriginId("740000001");
$wrapper->setDestinationId("740000002");
$wrapper->setDateTime($queryTime);
$wrapper->setUserAgent(("<YOUR_USER_AGENT>");
$wrapper->setRoutePlanningApiKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>");
$response = $resRobotWrapper->getRoutePlanning($routePlanningRequest);
In order to use the data returned by your request, you can simply call getTrips() on the response object. This method returns an array of Trip instances, each of which describes one departure or arrival. You can look at the code and PHPDoc in order to get up-to-date information on which fields are available. Detailed information about ResRobot responses can be found at the ResRobot departures/arrivals API page.
The following code gives a quick idea on how the SDK is used.
$trip = $response->getTrips()[0]; // Get the first result
// Tell the user about every leg in their journey.
foreach ($trip->getLegs() as $leg) {
// There are two types of legs (at this moment): Vehicle journeys, where a vehicle is used, or walking parts
// where a user walks between two stations. Not all fields are available for walking parts, so we need to handle them differently.
if ($leg->getType() == RoutePlanningLegType::VEHICLE_JOURNEY) {
$leg->getVehicle()->getType();
$leg->getVehicle()->getNumber();
$leg->getDirection();
$leg->getDeparture()->getStopName();
$leg->getDeparture()->getScheduledDepartureTime()->format("H:i");
$leg->getDeparture()->getScheduledDepartureTime()->getTimestamp();
$leg->getArrival()->getScheduledArrivalTime()->getTimestamp();
$leg->getArrival()->getStopName();
// More fields are available
} else if ($leg->getType() == RoutePlanningLegType::WALKING) {
// Limited fields when walking!
$leg->getDeparture()->getStopName(); // origin
$leg->getArrival()->getStopName(); // destination
}
}
We accept pull requests, but please create an issue first in order to discuss the addition or fix. If you would like to see a new feature added, you can also create a feature request by creating an issue.
If you're stuck with a question, feel free to ask help through the Issue tracker.
- Need help with API keys? Please read www.trafiklab.se/api-nycklar first.
- Do you want to check the current systems status? Service disruptions are published on the Trafiklab homepage