timetable_station: Find a station and its internal ID

In ottlngr/DBopen: Access Open Data from Deutsche Bahn

Description

Use a search pattern to find a specific train station in Germany and its internal ID. The internal ID can be used to query the DB Timetable-API.

Usage

timetable_station(pattern, authkey, first = TRUE, lang = "de",
  format = "json")

Arguments

pattern	character string. Pattern used to find a specific train station, e.g. 'Berlin'.
authkey	character string. Authentication key to access the Timetable-API. See Note.
first	logical. If TRUE, the ID of the first matching station is returned. If FALSE, a list of stations is returned.
lang	character string. Set the API language. Default is 'de'.
format	character string. Set the API format. Default is 'json'.

Value

A character string if first = TRUE. Otherwise a data.frame.

Note

To use this function and to access the DB Timetable-API, you need to have an authentication key. Authentication keys can be requested from [e-mail].

Author(s)

Philipp Ottolinger

References

http://data.deutschebahn.com/dataset/api-fahrplan

See Also

timetable_departures, timetable_arrivals, timetable_reference

Examples

## Not run: 
timetable_station(pattern = "Berlin", authkey = authKey)
timetable_station(pattern = "Hamburg", authkey = authKey, first = FALSE)

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ottlngr/DBopen documentation built on May 24, 2019, 5:13 p.m.