WMATA.swift

WMATA.swift is a Swift interface to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority API.

Install

Requirements

• Swift 5.9
• Xcode 15

Swift Package Manager

dependencies: [
    .package(
        name: "WMATA",
        url: "https://github.com/emma-k-alexandra/WMATA.swift.git", 
        .upToNextMajor(from: "15.0.0")
    )
]

Usage

Standard API

To work with WMATA’s Standard API use the WMATA package.

import WMATA
let nextTrains = Rail.NextRails(
    key: YOUR_API_KEY,
    station: .waterfront
)
nextTrains.request { result in 
    switch result {
    case let .success(response):
        print(response.trains)
    case let .failure(error):
        print(error)
    }
}

GTFS Static

To work with GTFS Static data use the MetroGTFS package.

import MetroGTFS
let ashburn = try GTFSStop("STN_N12")
print(ashburn.name) // "ASHBURN METRORAIL STATION"

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://emma-k-alexandra.github.io/WMATA.swift/documentation/wmata or within Xcode.

To view documentation within Xcode, within the menu navigate to Product > Build Documentation. WMATA’s documentation will appear under Workspace Documentation within the Developer Documentation window. Navigate to Window > Developer Documentation to open this window.

OS Support

WMATA.swift commits to supporting current minus 2 OS versions.

Currently, WMATA.swift is compatible with macOS 12, iOS 15, tvOS 15, watchOS 8 or higher.

Versioning

WMATA.swift uses semantic versioning. Only major versions will contain breaking changes.

Dependencies

• swift-protobuf, for GTFS-RT feeds.
• DVR, for testing.
• SQLite.swift, for GTFS Static data. Only used in MetroGTFS package.

Contact

Feel free to email questions and comments to emma@emma.sh

Contributing

Todo:

• Support all GTFS Static data in MetroGTFS
• Convert async functions from a Result to return or throw behavior, the dominant async pattern in Swift

Developer

To generate documentation for deploying to Github Pages, run ./docs.sh.

License

WMATA.swift is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.

This package is not distributed by or affiliated with WMATA.