Transit

Transit Trips API

Multimodal trip planning and results

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Transit Alerts Trips API
  description: The Transit API provides real-time public transit data including live departures, trip planning, wheelchair accessibility information, service alerts, and shared mobility availability across 900 cities in 25 countries.
  version: v3.0.0
  contact:
    name: Transit Partnership Team
    email: partners+website@transit.app
    url: https://transitapp.com/apis
  x-logo:
    url: https://transitapp.com/images/transit-logo.png
servers:
- url: https://api-doc.transitapp.com
  description: Transit API Production Server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Trips
  description: Multimodal trip planning and results
paths:
  /public/trip:
    get:
      operationId: planTrip
      summary: Plan Trip
      description: Plans a multimodal trip from origin to destination, combining public transit with shared mobility options such as bikes, scooters, and carshares.
      tags:
      - Trips
      parameters:
      - name: origin_lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
        description: Origin latitude
      - name: origin_lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
        description: Origin longitude
      - name: destination_lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
        description: Destination latitude
      - name: destination_lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
        description: Destination longitude
      - name: time
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: Departure or arrival time (ISO 8601)
      - name: arrive_by
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        description: Whether time represents arrival time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with trip plans
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TripResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
components:
  schemas:
    Stop:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        lat:
          type: number
          format: float
        lon:
          type: number
          format: float
        wheelchair_accessible:
          type: boolean
        routes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    TripResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        itineraries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Itinerary'
    Route:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - bus
          - rail
          - metro
          - tram
          - ferry
          - cable_car
          - gondola
          - funicular
        color:
          type: string
        text_color:
          type: string
        network_id:
          type: string
    Leg:
      type: object
      properties:
        mode:
          type: string
          enum:
          - walk
          - bus
          - rail
          - metro
          - tram
          - bicycle
          - scooter
          - car
        distance:
          type: number
        duration:
          type: integer
        departure_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        arrival_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        from_stop:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Stop'
        to_stop:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Stop'
        route:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Route'
    Itinerary:
      type: object
      properties:
        duration:
          type: integer
          description: Total trip duration in seconds
        departure_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        arrival_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        legs:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Leg'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key provided after partner approval

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