automate gbfs feed validation in CI using the gbfs-validator api instead of the web UI
domain: gbfs-validator.mobilitydata.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Point your CI job at the hosted validator (the same engine behind gbfs-validator.mobilitydata.org, deployed as a lambda function) rather than manually pasting URLs into the web UI for every release.
Reference MobilityData's published OpenAPI/Swagger description of the validator API to construct requests and parse the validation report response.
Run the validator against both your current production feed and your staging/candidate feed before promoting a new version (e.g. during a v2.3 to v3.0 migration).
Fail the CI build on validator errors, and treat warnings as a signal to review against the rule list maintained in the gbfs-validator repo.
Re-check systems.csv and manifest.json references as part of the same pipeline, since a validator pass on individual files doesn't confirm the discovery chain is intact.
Known gotchas
MobilityData explicitly documents the validator's OpenAPI spec as subject to change and not recommended as a stable dependency for production systems — pin behavior defensively and expect to adjust.
A green validator result checks schema/rule conformance, not business logic like whether your capacity numbers or pricing actually make sense.
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