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Method: trip-for-vehicle

Get extended trip details for a specific transit vehicle. That is, given a vehicle id for a transit vehicle currently operating in the field, return extended trips details about the current trip for the vehicle.

Sample Request

http://api.onebusaway.org/api/where/trip-for-vehicle/1_4210.xml?key=TEST

Sample Response

<response>
  <version>2</version>
  <code>200</code>
  <text>OK</text>
  <currentTime>1270614730908</currentTime>
  <data class="entryWithReferences">
    <references>...</references>
    <entry class="tripDetails">
      <tripId>1_12540399</tripId>
      <serviceDate>1271401200000</serviceDate>
      <frequency>...</frequency> 
      <status>...</status>
      <schedule>...</schedule>
      <tripId>1_15456175</tripId>
    </entry>
  </data>
</response>

Request Parameters

  • id - the id of the vehicle, encoded directly in the url:
    • http://api.onebusaway.org/api/where/trip-for-vehicle/[ID GOES HERE].xml
  • includeTrip - Can be true/false to determine whether full <trip/> element is included in the <references/> section. Defaults to false.
  • includeSchedule - Can be true/false to determine whether full <schedule/> element is included in the <tripDetails/> section. Defaults to fale.
  • includeStatus - Can be true/false to determine whether the full <status/> element is include in the <tripDetails/> section. Defaults to true.

Response

The respone <entry/> element is a <tripDetails/> element that captures extended details about a trip.