Query TriMet's web services for arrivals, trip planning, and alerts
domain: developer.trimet.org · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Register for a free AppID, which is required as a parameter on every TriMet web service call
Call the Arrivals (v2) service for real-time predicted arrivals at one or more stops
Call the Trip Planner service for itinerary planning across TriMet's network
Call the Trip Status/Block Status (v2) services for the live status of individual trips or vehicle blocks
Call the Stop Location (v2) service to find stops near a coordinate or within a bounding box
Use TriMet's separately published GTFS feed for static schedule data rather than expecting the web services to return full static topology
Known gotchas
All TriMet web services are read-only GET-based and require the AppID parameter on every call — omitting it fails the request rather than falling back to a public/anonymous tier
TriMet's proprietary web services (Arrivals, Trip Status, Block Status) are a separate system from its GTFS/GTFS-RT feeds — pick whichever matches the vocabulary your app already uses
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