oepnv-nuremberg

A wrapper for multiple datapoints from VAG and VGN.
Serves stations and depatures with extra information, so you not only know when your next bus is comming but also if it has air conditioning.
Stations also include if they are barrier-free, this if important for disabled people.
It can scrape VAG webpage to get current events, like a elevator malfunction in realtime.

Updating

Version: 0.0.1 to 0.0.5 Compatible
Version: 0.0.5 to 0.1.0 Not compatible, a lot was rewritten
Version: 0.1.2 to 0.2.0 Not compatible, abfahrten output now contains more info

Functions and todo list

• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Departures based on Ids (Also VAG StopIDs, like "PL" for ID 704)
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Departures based on GPS
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Stops based on names
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Stops based on GPS
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Get Trips
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Get Trip
• [?] Get elevator malfunctions
• [?] Get current timetable changes
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Turn (part of) adress into list of near stops
• <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Turn GPS into Adress
• <input disabled="" type="checkbox"> Get routes from stop to stop
• <input disabled="" type="checkbox"> Get routes to anything. IDs, Stopnames, Adresses, GPS
• <input disabled="" type="checkbox"> Misc functions
  • <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> Calculate travle time between 2 stops from a Trip Object

Usage

NodeJS 18.0 or higher

A working example is Test.js

Usage:

const vgn_wrapper = require('./index');

const vgn = new vgn_wrapper.openvgn();

(async function (){
  try {
    const Output = await vgn.getStops('Luitpoldhain', {limit: 1});
    console.log(Output);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  }
})();

Methods

getStops

This will get you all known data about a stop.

getStopsbygps

This will list all stops in a given radius.

getDepartures

This will list all departures from a given stop.

getDeparturesbygps

This will list all stops with departure data in a given radius.

getTrip

This will display all stations that the product has and will pass from start to finish.
You can get the number (Fahrtnummer) from a getDepartures call.

getTrips

This will list all trips of the given product (Ubahn, Tram, Bus) in a given timespan.

calculateTripTime and calculateActualTripTime

This will calculate the time it takes to travel from one stop to another.

calculateTripTime(getTripResponse, "LS", "704") // Returns difference in seconds acourting to the timetable
calculateActualTripTime(getTripResponse, "LS", "704") // Returns difference in seconds acourting to the actual time

getVagWebpageDisturbances (BETA)

This method is very unstable because the webpage is very complicated.
This will return a object based on the current webpage.
The object might not have all the keys, its generated only by the current content!

{
  "schedule_changes": {
    "U-Bahn": [{...},{...}],
    "Bus": [{...},{...}],
    "Tram": [{...},{...}]
  },
  "disturbances": {
    "Aufzugsstörungen": [{...},{...}],
    "U-Bahn": [{...},{...}],
    "Bus": [{...},{...}],
    "Tram": [{...},{...}]
  },
  "Meta": {
    "Timestamp": Timestamp,
    "RequestTime": Number,
    "ParseTime": Number,
    "URL": 'https://www.vag.de/fahrplan/fahrplanaenderungen-stoerungen'
  }
}

getVagWebpageDisturbances()

reverseGeocode

This method will return the closest adress to the given GPS Position.

reverseGeocode('49.4480881582118', '11.0647882822154')

More info

"Tram Steighöhen" | Tram platform heights

Where is the data comming from?

Departures and stops are comming from the official VAG API endpoint
URL: https://opendata.vag.de/
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Int.

Elevator disruptions and timetable deviations are comming from here
URL: https://www.vag.de/fahrplan/fahrplanaenderungen-stoerungen
License: Unknown

Bus numbers from external companys are from nahverkehr-franken.de
URL: https://www.nahverkehr-franken.de
License: Unknown