The University of Michigan has an awesome live bus tracking system for students. This is an Objective-C wrapper around the API
Fare runs with the help of a couple awesome projects.
CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Objective-C, which automates and simplifies the process of using 3rd-party libraries like Fare in your projects.
If you don't already have CocoaPods, install it.
gem install cocoapods
pod install
platform :ios, '7.0'
pod 'Fare', '~> 1.0.2'Where you want to use Fare, import the header file.
#import "UMNetworkingSession.h"GET -fetchArrivalsWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
GET -fetchBusesWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
GET -fetchStopsWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
GET -fetchRoutesWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
GET -fetchAnnouncementsWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
GET -fetchTraceRouteForRouteID:withSuccessBlock:errorBlock:
If I want to log the latitude and longitudes of each bus currently operating, I would import UMNetworkingSession.h and Bus.h into my implementation.
UMNetworkingSession *networkingSession = [[UMNetworkingSession alloc] init];
[networkingSession fetchBusesWithSuccessBlock:^(NSArray *buses) {
for (Bus *bus in buses) {
NSLog(@"lat/lng: %@/%@", bus.latitude, bus.longitude);
}
} errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {
NSLog(@"There was an error fetching buses: %@", error.localizedDescription);
}];| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
heading | heading of bus |
NSString |
id | the bus ID |
NSString |
latitude | current latitude of bus |
NSString |
longitude | current longitude of bus |
NSString |
routeID | the route ID that the bus is operating on |
NSString |
routeName | the name of the route that the bus is operating on |
NSString |
busRouteColor | a hex color representing route color |
| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
id | Returns the stop's ID |
NSString |
uniqueName | Returns the stop's unique name |
NSString |
humanName | Returns the stop's human name |
NSString |
additionalName | Returns the stop's additional name, if it has one |
NSString |
latitude | Returns the latitude that the stop resides on |
NSString |
longitude | Returns the longitude that the stop resides on |
NSString |
heading | Returns the heading that the stop is directing towards |
-coordinate will return a CLLocationCoordinate2D representation of the stop's location
| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
id | the route's ID |
NSString |
name | the name of the route |
NSString |
color | a hex color representing the route |
NSString |
topOfLoopStopID | ID of the stop that represents the route ending |
BOOL |
isActive | boolean representing if the route is operating |
NSArray |
stops | array of Stop objects that the route frequents |
Returned in an array as a -fetchAnnouncementsWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock: response. Each object represents an active announcement.
| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
title | title of the announcement |
NSString |
text | content of the announcement |
NSString |
type | type of announcement |
Returned in an array as a -fetchArrivalsWithSuccessBlock:errorBlock: response. Each object represents a route that is being serviced.
| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
name | Returns the route name |
NSString |
id | Returns the id of the route |
NSString |
topOfLoop | Returns the id of the stop that the route "repeats" on |
NSString |
busRouteColor | Returns the hex representation route's designated color |
NSArray |
stops | Returns an NSArray of ArrivalStop objects that the route is servicing |
-stopClosestToCoordinate: will return the geographically closest ArrivalStop object in stops to a passed CLLocationCoordinate2D
| Property | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
NSString |
id1 | The stop has two different IDs, this returns the first one |
NSString |
id2 | The stop has two different IDs, this returns the second one |
NSString |
name | The stop has three different names, this returns the first one |
NSString |
name2 | The stop has three different names, this returns the second one |
NSString |
name3 | The stop has three different names, this returns the third one |
NSString |
latitude | Returns the latitude that the stop resides on |
NSString |
longitude | Returns the longitude that the stop resides on |
NSString |
heading | Returns the heading that the stop is directing towards |
NSTimeInterval |
timeOfArrival | Returns the number of seconds until the first bus arrives |
NSTimeInterval |
timeOfArrival2 | Returns the number of seconds until the second bus arrives |
-coordinate will return a CLLocationCoordinate2D representation of the stop's location
-dateForTimeOfArrival: will return a NSDate representation of when a passed NSTimeInterval will occur
-timerCountingDownToTimeOfArrival: will return an NSTimer set to execute once a passed NSTimeInterval has passed
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