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Variants API

A variant is a variation of a route, distinguished by its intermediate destination points.

Valid URL Parameters

name Matches variants with the given name.
stop Only return variants which service the stop identified by the given stop number.
stops A comma-delimited list of stop numbers. Don't include this if stop has been specified.
Common parameters:
usage The style of names to return.
  • long: Yields more verbose names.
  • short: Yields terser names.

Examples

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Identity

  • variants/17-1-G
  • variants/16-1-K?usage=long
  • variants/1
  • variants/invalid

Filter

  • variants?stop=10064
  • variants?stops=10064,10065
  • variants?name=osbo
  • variants?stop=10064&stops=10065,10066

Wildcard

  • variants:16
  • variants:16-1
  • variants:16-1-K
  • variants:osb
  • variants:

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Noteworthy Results

key A unique identifier for this variant.
name The variant name. See the usage parameter for formatting options.
destinations An xlink to the destinations service for this variant.