Query FRA rail equipment accident and highway-rail grade crossing incident data via the FRA Master Web Service API

domain: safetydata.fra.dot.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Go to the FRA Developer Support Site (safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi) and review the Quick Start Guide.
  2. Register for API access to be assigned an access token.
  3. Insert the assigned token into requests to the Master Web Service for reportable rail equipment accident data or Form 57 highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident data.
  4. For bulk/tabular access, use the DataDownloadService web service methods (e.g., GetAccident54DataByRailroad).
  5. For a metadata-driven REST/OData approach, request the OData metadata document at the GCIS v1 odata $metadata path before building queries.

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