JourneyWeb

JourneyWeb is an XML protocol which can be used to communicate with the Traveline journey planning servers. It can provide information in a number of ways including:

journeys from an origin to a destination
the next departures or arrivals at a particular stop

Resources

http://www.dft.gov.uk/journeyweb to download the schema and other documentation

access to Traveline regional servers. This is up to each Traveline region. Please contact the regional manager to discuss your project.

Need help getting started?

This is a very simple guide to help you get started experimenting with JourneyWeb in the Firefox browser.

Download and install the HTTP Resource Test Firefox Extension.

After you have reloaded Firefox "HTTP Resource Test" should be listed in the Tools tab. Click on this to open the HTTP Resource Test window.

URI: enter the details that you have been provided with if a Traveline region has arranged access for you. This will include the address of the server and you may need to insert an account name and password.

Method: Change this to POST

Client Request: this is where you paste an xml script. See below for some sample requests you can copy, adjust and test.

Submit: Use this button when above have been set up

Server Response: This where the response from the server will appear.

Sample requests

The following samples are based on model requests that have been available for a number of years. You are best to View: Pagesource and copy the sections between the "pre" and "/pre" tags. You will need to adjust (JourneyTime) for a date in the near future and (NaPTANID) for a valid NaPTAN stop in the chosen region.

Journey Request



	
		
			
				
					
						2900L1522
					
					2010-06-26T07:00:00
				
				Long Stratton: A140/Brands Lane
			
			
				
					
						2900S631
					
				
				Swainsthorpe: Dun Cow
			
			
				3

Service Timetable Request



	
		
			
				SIM
				2
				outbound
			
			2010-06-23
			6

Stop Timetable Request

Stop Event Request



	
		
			
				2900L1522
			
			2010-06-26T07:42:00
			
				5
			
			true
			depart

Services Request

X95