transitnownash/hubot-nextbus

🚏🤖Get the next stop time for local transit

Hubot Nextbus

This Hubot package works with gtfs-rails-api. You provide an endpoint along with a latitude and longitude for it to obtain the next expected bus to a particular set of nearby stops.

Installation

In your hubot repository, run:

npm install hubot-nextbus --save

Then add hubot-nextbus to your external-scripts.json:

["hubot-nextbus"]

Configuration

Environment Variable	Optional	Description
HUBOT_NEXTBUS_LAT_LON	No	Default location for hubot nextbus, separated by a comma. (e.g. 36.1629191,-86.7813481)
HUBOT_NEXTBUS_STOP_ID	Yes	Specific identifier to use with hubot nextbus; if not set, falls back to latitude/longitude
HUBOT_NEXTBUS_BASE_URL	Yes	URL of a gtfs-rails-api instance; Defaults to Nashville, TN.

Usage

hubot nextbus

Returns the next bus for the nearest stop.

user> hubot nextbus
hubot> Upcoming Trips for [CHA7AWN] CHARLOTTE AVE & 7TH AVE N WB
  7:01 AM   #50 - CHARLOTTE WALMART            in a minute    
  7:15 AM   #17 - GREEN HILLS VIA 12TH AVE S   in 16 minutes  
  7:16 AM   #50 - CHARLOTTE WALMART            in 16 minutes  
  7:31 AM   #50 - CHARLOTTE WALMART            in 31 minutes  
  7:35 AM   #17 - GREEN HILLS VIA 12TH AVE S   in 36 minutes  

hubot nextbus stops

Get the list of stops nearby your configured latitude and longitude.

user> hubot nextbus stops
hubot> List of nearby stops:
hubot> - [CHA7AWN] CHARLOTTE AVE & 7TH AVE N WB
- [CHA7AEN] CHARLOTTE AVE & 7TH AVE N EB
- [6AVDEASN] 6TH AVE & DEADERICK ST SB
- [6AVDEANN] 6TH AVE N & DEADERICK ST NB
- [UNI7AWN] UNION ST & 7TH AVE N WB

hubot nextbus stop <stop id>

Returns the next bus for a given stop ID.

user> hubot nextbus stop PORGRENN
hubot> Upcoming Trips for [PORGRENN] PORTER RD & GREENWOOD AVE NB
  10:34 PM   #4 - INGLEWOOD   in 25 minutes  
  11:34 PM   #4 - INGLEWOOD   in an hour     
  12:32 AM   #4 - INGLEWOOD   in 2 hours 

hubot-nextbus's Issues

Spring Cleaning 2018

The following checklist is for all of the Hubot packages I maintain.

README.md

• Badges (underneath title)

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• Configuration options

package.json

• author

  "author": "Stephen Yeargin <[email protected]>",

• repository

  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git://github.com/stephenyeargin/hubot-PACKAGE_NAME.git"
  },

• bugs

  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/stephenyeargin/hubot-PACKAGE_NAME/issues"
  },

• peerDependencies

  "peerDependencies": {
    "hubot": ">=2 <10 || 0.0.0-development"
  },

Gruntfile.js

• additionalFiles

        additionalFiles: ['package-lock.json']

.travis.yml

• TravisCI configuration

language: node_js
sudo: false
notifications:
  email: false
node_js:
  - "8" # stable
  - "6" # LTS
  - "4" # maintenance
cache:
  directories:
- node_modules