db-rest

A clean REST API wrapping around the Deutsche Bahn HAFAS API. It is deployed at v6.db.transport.rest.

API Documentation

installing & running

access to Redis

It is recommended that you let bvg-rest cache HAFAS responses within a Redis cache. To use this feature, set $REDIS_URL (e.g. to redis://localhost:6379/1 when running Redis locally).

via Docker

A Docker image is available as derhuerst/db-rest:6.

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 derhuerst/db-rest:6

Note: The Docker image does not contain the Redis server.

manually

git clone https://github.com/derhuerst/db-rest.git
cd db-rest
git checkout 6
npm install

export HOSTNAME='my-vbb-rest-api.example.org'
npm run build

redis-server &
npm start

To keep the API running permanently, use tools like forever or systemd.

Related Projects

• DB-Adapter-v6 – A Java API client for db-rest.
• vbb-rest – A clean REST API wrapping around the VBB API.
• bvg-rest – A clean REST API wrapping around the BVG API.
• hvv-rest – A clean REST API wrapping around the HVV API.
• hafas-rest-api – Expose a HAFAS client via an HTTP REST API.
• hafas-client – JavaScript client for HAFAS public transport APIs.

Contributing

If you have a question, found a bug or want to propose a feature, have a look at the issues page.