[LRUG] TFL Ruby API

[Tom Taylor]

Hi all,

I started hacking away on a Ruby API for accessing TFL's services  
(starting with Journey Planner). Now, TFL are a bit crap and don't  
actually *have* any web APIs, so it's screen scraping through and  
through. That said, it looks totally feasible to parse suggested  
Journey Planner routes and the like.

Anyway, it's really early days - only about 30 mins of code committed  
- but if you find yourself bored over the Christmas period, do chip in.

My main reason for doing this is to show TFL what's possible when they  
open up this data, and use it for political leverage to encourage them  
to do so. When they do, we can swap out some of the interfaces. Yes, I  
am an optimist.

http://github.com/tomtaylor/tfl/tree/master

Cheers,

Tom

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Tom Taylor // tomtaylor.co.uk