Consume GBFS feeds for shared micromobility (bikeshare/scooter) availability

domain: gbfs.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Fetch the operator's gbfs.json auto-discovery file, which lists all other feed file URLs and languages for that system
  2. Read the field-by-field spec at github.com/MobilityData/gbfs (gbfs.md) for the version in use, since GBFS has had multiple major versions (v2.x vs v3.0) with schema differences
  3. Consume station_information/station_status feeds for dock-based systems and the vehicle/bike status feed for dockless vehicles
  4. Poll each file at the TTL/update frequency the operator declares in gbfs.json rather than a fixed interval
  5. Treat GBFS as read-only, real-time-availability data — there is no write-back mechanism in the spec to reserve or unlock a vehicle

Known gotchas

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