Public Transport Victoria Routes API
The Routes API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for routes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Public Transport Victoria Routes 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 Routes 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: Routes
paths:
/v3/routes:
get:
tags:
- Routes
summary: View route names and numbers for all routes
operationId: Routes_OneOrMoreRoutes
parameters:
- name: route_types
in: query
description: Filter by route_type; values returned via RouteTypes API
required: false
style: form
explode: true
schema:
type: array
items:
type: integer
format: int32
enum:
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- name: route_name
in: query
description: Filter by name of route (accepts partial route name matches)
required: false
schema:
type: string
- 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: Route names and numbers for all routes of all route types.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteResponse'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteResponse'
'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/routes/{route_id}:
get:
tags:
- Routes
summary: View route name and number for specific route ID
operationId: Routes_RouteFromId
parameters:
- name: route_id
in: path
description: Identifier of route; values returned by Departures, Directions and Disruptions APIs
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
- name: include_geopath
in: query
description: Indicates kif geopath data will be returned (default = false)
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
- name: geopath_utc
in: query
description: Filter geopaths by date (ISO 8601 UTC format) (default = current date)
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
- 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 route name and number for the specified route ID.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteResponse'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteResponse'
'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.RouteServiceStatus:
type: object
properties:
description:
type: string
timestamp:
format: date-time
type: string
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.RouteResponse:
type: object
properties:
route:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteWithStatus'
description: Train lines, tram routes, bus routes, regional coach routes, Night Bus routes
status:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.Status'
description: API Status / Metadata
V3.RouteWithStatus:
type: object
properties:
route_service_status:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/V3.RouteServiceStatus'
description: Service status for the route (indicates disruptions)
route_type:
format: int32
description: Transport mode identifier
type: integer
route_id:
format: int32
description: Route identifier
type: integer
route_name:
description: Name of route
type: string
route_number:
description: Route number presented to public (nb. not route_id)
type: string
route_gtfs_id:
description: GTFS Identifer of the route
type: string
geopath:
description: GeoPath of the route
type: array
items:
type: object
x-refined-from:
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-swagger-v3.json
- public-transport-victoria-timetable-openapi.yml