Public Transport Victoria Directions API

The Directions API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for directions.

Operations 3

GET /v3/directions/route/{route_id} View directions that a route travels in #
GET /v3/directions/{direction_id} View all routes for a direction of travel #
GET /v3/directions/{direction_id}/route_type/{route_type} View all routes of a particular type for a direction of travel #

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OpenAPI Specification

public-transport-victoria-directions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Public Transport Victoria Directions API
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Public Transport Victoria
    url: http://ptv.vic.gov.au/digital
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  termsOfService: See http://ptv.vic.gov.au/ptv-timetable-api/
  description: 'Operations tagged Directions across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: public-transport-victoria-timetable-swagger-v3.json, public-transport-victoria-timetable-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
- url: http://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
tags:
- name: Directions
paths:
  /v3/directions/route/{route_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Directions
      summary: View directions that a route travels in
      operationId: Directions_ForRoute
      parameters:
      - name: route_id
        in: path
        description: Identifier of route; values returned by Routes API - v3/routes
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: token
        in: query
        description: Please ignore
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: devid
        in: query
        description: Your developer id
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: signature
        in: query
        description: Authentication signature for request
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The directions that a specified route travels in.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Access Denied
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
    servers:
    - url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
    - url: http://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  /v3/directions/{direction_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Directions
      summary: View all routes for a direction of travel
      operationId: Directions_ForDirection
      parameters:
      - name: direction_id
        in: path
        description: Identifier of direction of travel; values returned by Directions API - /v3/directions/route/{route_id}
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: token
        in: query
        description: Please ignore
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: devid
        in: query
        description: Your developer id
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: signature
        in: query
        description: Authentication signature for request
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All routes that travel in the specified direction.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Access Denied
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
    servers:
    - url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
    - url: http://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  /v3/directions/{direction_id}/route_type/{route_type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Directions
      summary: View all routes of a particular type for a direction of travel
      operationId: Directions_ForDirectionAndType
      parameters:
      - name: direction_id
        in: path
        description: Identifier of direction of travel; values returned by Directions API - /v3/directions/route/{route_id}
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: route_type
        in: path
        description: Number identifying transport mode; values returned via RouteTypes API
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
          - 2
          - 3
          - 4
      - name: token
        in: query
        description: Please ignore
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: devid
        in: query
        description: Your developer id
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: signature
        in: query
        description: Authentication signature for request
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All routes of the specified route type that travel in the specified direction.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Access Denied
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ErrorResponse'
    servers:
    - url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
    - url: http://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
components:
  schemas:
    V3.Status:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          description: API Version number
          type: string
        health:
          format: int32
          description: API system health status (0=offline, 1=online)
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
          type: integer
    V3.ErrorResponse:
      description: An error response
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          description: Error message
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.Status'
          description: API Status / Metadata
    V3.DirectionWithDescription:
      type: object
      properties:
        route_direction_description:
          type: string
        direction_id:
          format: int32
          description: Direction of travel identifier
          type: integer
        direction_name:
          description: Name of direction of travel
          type: string
        route_id:
          format: int32
          description: Route identifier
          type: integer
        route_type:
          format: int32
          description: Transport mode identifier
          type: integer
    V3.DirectionsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        directions:
          description: Directions of travel of route
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.DirectionWithDescription'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.Status'
          description: API Status / Metadata
x-refined-from:
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-swagger-v3.json
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-openapi.yml