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In mobdb: Access the 'Mobility Database' API to Discover Transit Feeds

mobdb 1.0.3

Bug fixes

• Minor post-submission fix.

mobdb 1.0.2

Bug fixes

• Fixed the mobdb_cache_path() \donttest{} example writing a persistent my_mobdb_cache directory to the user's home filesystem when run by CRAN's --run-donttest check, per CRAN feedback. The example now uses a path under tempdir().

mobdb 1.0.1

Bug fixes

• Quoted certain software/API items in in the package description per CRAN
• Added documentation to mobdb_cache_clear()
• Replaced remaining if(FALSE)-disabled examples with \dontrun{} or runnable equivalents

mobdb 1.0.0

Setting the stage for an initial CRAN release and bugfixes.

Major changes

• First stable release prepared for CRAN submission
• Comprehensive documentation and vignettes

Minor changes

• Refined API response caching system
• Improved error messages and user feedback
• New! raw= argument added to download_feed() and download_best_feed() - download raw ZIP files without parsing or processing

Bug fixes

• Various stability improvements from pre-release testing
• Feed download functions like download_feed() should now consistently have GTFS spec-compliant dates and times.

mobdb 0.1.8

Major changes

• New! download_best_feed() function for intelligent, one-shot downloading of GTFS Schedule feeds
• Automatically ranks feeds by status, official designation, validation quality, and service date coverage
• Prompts for user selection when multiple equally-ranked feeds exist (in interactive mode)
• Falls back to historical datasets when current feed is marked "future" or "inactive"
• Like download_feed(), only works with GTFS Schedule feeds

Minor changes

• New! export_path= argument added to download_feed() and download_best_feed(). This argument wraps export_gtfs() from gtfsio to save GTFS Schedule files as a ZIP file locally. Perfect for workflows that need a local ZIP file and not a tidygtfs object, like analysis in R5r
• FYI: Documentation for this package has now been moved to a new domain - https://mobdb.jasonadle.dev - you should be redirected automatically and we'll keep it up on the old domain for a period of time.

Bug fixes

None.

mobdb 0.1.7

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

None.

Bug fixes

• The status parameter in download_feed() should now work correctly.

mobdb 0.1.6

Major changes

• New! download_feed() now supports direct download of feeds that require API authentication through the auth_args parameter

mobdb 0.1.5

Major changes

• New! feeds_bbox() function for discovering GTFS Schedule feeds by bounding box
• New! API responses are now cached. Used the following functions to manage the cache:
• mobdb_cache_path() - configure cache location
• mobdb_cache_info() - view cache status
• mobdb_cache_list() - list cached files
• mobdb_cache_clear() - clear cache
• All API functions now support caching via use_cache parameter

Minor changes

• New! Vignette: "Working with GTFS-Realtime and GBFS"
• feeds_bbox() supports both numeric vectors and sf bbox objects
• Added sf to Suggests for bbox object support

mobdb 0.1.4

Major changes

• download_feed() now supports downloading specific historical dataset versions via the dataset_id parameter
• New! get_validation_report() function extracts MobilityData validation summaries to help assess feed quality before downloading
• New! view_validation_report() function opens MobilityData validation reports in your browser
• New! filter_by_validation() function filters feeds/datasets by quality thresholds (max errors/warnings)

Minor changes

• mobdb_extract_datasets() now includes html_report and json_report URLs in output
• download_feed(latest = FALSE) returns all available historical versions without downloading
• mobdb_search() now supports various parameters.
• New! mobdb_browse() function opens the Mobility Database in your browser

Bug fixes

• download_feed() now validates feed status when searching by provider/location
• download_feed() correctly filters official feed status
• feeds() status validation now correctly accepts all five API statuses: "active", "deprecated", "inactive", "development", and "future"
• mobdb_search() now correctly performs searches

mobdb 0.1.3

Major changes

• mobdb_download_feed() is now called download_feed(). This is a breaking change and requires users that uses this function to be updated to use the new function name.

• mobdb_feeds() is now called feeds(). This is a breaking change and requires all code that uses this function to be updated to use the new function name.

Minor changes

• download_feed() now accepts the official parameter for filtering official vs unofficial feeds

• feeds() now accepts the official parameter for filtering official vs unofficial feeds

mobdb 0.1.2

Major changes

• mobdb_download_feed() now accepts data frames from mobdb_feeds() or mobdb_search()
• Soft deprecation of mobdb_read_gtfs() (still works; use mobdb_download_feed() for new code)

Minor changes

• Fixed documentation examples to use valid feed IDs
• Enhanced mobdb_search() docs to explain API limitations
• Added comprehensive test suite

mobdb 0.1.1

Major changes

• Added mobdb_download_feed() for downloading GTFS Schedule feeds from Mobility Database hosted URLs
• Enhanced mobdb_download_feed() to support provider/location search parameters
• Added automatic GTFS-Flex feed filtering with exclude_flex parameter (default: TRUE)
• Added use_source_url parameter to choose between MobilityData hosted or agency source URLs

Minor changes

• Improved error messages to display feed details table when multiple feeds match search criteria
• Updated installation instructions to use pak instead of remotes

mobdb 0.1.0

Initial release. Provides R access to the Mobility Database Catalog API for discovering and accessing GTFS transit feeds.

• Search and filter feeds with mobdb_feeds()
• Access historical datasets with mobdb_datasets()
• Direct integration with tidytransit via mobdb_read_gtfs()
• Secure authentication with mobdb_set_key()

mobdb documentation built on Aug. 29, 2026, 1:07 a.m.