tfl

TFL - Node

This is a node package for interacting with the Transport for London (TFL) api.

It comes with a tool for accessing this data directly via the command line, or can be used within your own projects.

Installation

Install with:

$ npm install -g tfl

move binary to /usr/local/bin ?

Command-line Tool

Tube

Line Status

$ tfl tube --line District

Station Status

$ tfl tube --station Aldgate East

Overground (Work in Progress)

$ tfl overground --station London Bridge

Buses (Work in Progress)

$ tfl bus --route 66

Cycle Hire (Work in Progress)

$ tfl cycle ...

Roads (Work in Progress)

Road Status

$ tfl road --name Park Lane

Route Status This will perform a search for the typical route taken between two roads and retrieve the statuses for each road on the route.

$ tfl road --from "Whitechapel Road" --to "Park Lane"

Road Traffic Cam

$ tfl road --camera Park Lane

Using the package in your own projects

Require the tfl package as usual:

var tfl = require('tfl');

Since each command sends a request to the TFL api, the response is returned in a promise. For example, to get the current list of incidents on tube lines you can call:

tfl.tube.status({
    'incidents': true,
}).then(function(lines) {
    console.log(lines);
});

The function passed into then() will be called asynchronously once the request to the api has returned and been processed.

Services

Tube / Overground

Status

tfl.tube.status();
tfl.overground.status();

Incidents

tfl.tube.status({ 'incidents': true });
tfl.overground.status({ 'incidents': true });

Line (Work in Progress)

tfl.tube.line('District');
// Overground services do not provide line information

Station (Work in Progress)

tfl.tube.station('Aldgate East');
tfl.overground.station('London Bridge');

Arrivals (Work in Progress)

tfl.tube.arrivals('Aldgate East');
// overground?

Journey (Work in Progress)

tfl.tube.journey(['Monument', 'Aldgate East']);
tfl.overground.journey(['East Croydon', 'Victoria', 'Shoreditch High Street']);

Bus

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Cycle

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Road

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