[Kyle Hill]

If you liked it, then you shoulda an put an API on it! Oh wait, let’s do that.

This is all stuff I slapped together in a few hours about a year ago, but it still works — bounces off the CaBi XML feed. Use a GET request, it returns JSON. Doesn’t have an API key or rate limiting or anything; just please try to not completely overwhelm my free shared hosting plan? I need it to host my months-out-of-date resume.

Example:
{“hasData”:true,”stationName”:”20th & Bell St”,”latitude”:38.8561,”longitude”:-77.0512,”stationId”:1,”bikesAvailable”,”docksOpen”:8,”isInstalled”:true,”isLocked”:false,”isOnline”:true,”distance”:0}

http://kylehill.net/transit/GetNearestWithBike – returns data about a specific CaBi station.
Mandatory Parameter:
id: Station ID number.

http://kylehill.net/transit/GetStations – returns all CaBi Stations, including those locked/deactivated.
Optional Parameters:
lat, lon: Show station’s distance, in as-the-crow-files miles, from current coordinates. (Obviously if you use lat or lon, use both.)
ct: Number of stations to show. Defaults to all.
(http://kylehill.net/transit/GetStations?lat=38.905278&lon=-77.057590&ct=5 shows the nearest five stations from my office front door. I have one literally across the street. Be jealous, kids.)

http://kylehill.net/transit/GetNearestWithBike – returns nearest CaBi stations with available bikes.
Mandatory Parameters:
lat, lon: Show station’s distance, in as-the-crow-files miles, from current coordinates.
Optional Parameter:
ct: Number of stations to show. Defaults to all.

http://kylehill.net/transit/GetNearestWithDock – returns nearest CaBi stations with available docks.
Mandatory Parameters:
lat, lon: Show station’s distance, in as-the-crow-files miles, from current coordinates.
Optional Parameter:
ct: Number of stations to show. Defaults to all.

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