Public Transport Victoria Fare Estimate API
The FareEstimate API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for fareestimate.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Public Transport Victoria Fare Estimate 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 FareEstimate 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: FareEstimate
paths:
/v3/fare_estimate/min_zone/{minZone}/max_zone/{maxZone}:
get:
tags:
- FareEstimate
summary: Estimate a fare by zone
operationId: FareEstimate_GetFareEstimateByZone
parameters:
- name: minZone
in: path
description: Minimum Zone travelled through ie. 1
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
- name: maxZone
in: path
description: Maximum Zone travelled through id. 6
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
- name: journey_touch_on_utc
in: query
description: JourneyTouchOnUtc in format yyyy-M-d h:m (e.g 2016-5-31 16:53).
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
- name: journey_touch_off_utc
in: query
description: JourneyTouchOffUtc in format yyyy-M-d h:m (e.g 2016-5-31 16:53).
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
- name: is_journey_in_free_tram_zone
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
- name: is_journey_in_overlap_zone
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
- name: travelled_route_types
in: query
required: false
style: form
explode: true
schema:
type: array
items:
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: Resultant set fare estimates
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.FareEstimateResponse'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.FareEstimateResponse'
'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.FareEstimateResultStatus:
type: object
properties:
StatusCode:
format: int32
type: integer
Message:
type: string
V3.PassengerFare:
type: object
properties:
PassengerType:
type: string
Fare2HourPeak:
format: double
type: number
Fare2HourOffPeak:
format: double
type: number
FareDailyPeak:
format: double
type: number
FareDailyOffPeak:
format: double
type: number
Pass7Days:
format: double
type: number
Pass28To69DayPerDay:
format: double
type: number
Pass70PlusDayPerDay:
format: double
type: number
WeekendCap:
format: double
type: number
HolidayCap:
format: double
type: number
V3.FareEstimateResult:
type: object
properties:
IsEarlyBird:
type: boolean
IsJourneyInFreeTramZone:
type: boolean
IsThisWeekendJourney:
type: boolean
ZoneInfo:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.ZoneInfo'
PassengerFares:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.PassengerFare'
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.ZoneInfo:
type: object
properties:
MinZone:
format: int32
type: integer
MaxZone:
format: int32
type: integer
UniqueZones:
type: array
items:
format: int32
type: integer
V3.FareEstimateResponse:
type: object
properties:
FareEstimateResultStatus:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.FareEstimateResultStatus'
FareEstimateResult:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.FareEstimateResult'
x-refined-from:
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-swagger-v3.json
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-openapi.yml