This project provides a convenient wrapper around the LTA DataMall API, simplifying access to bus-related information. Built using Koa and TypeScript, it offers a more streamlined interface for common use cases.
The main reason for building this was that the raw LTA DataMall endpoints for bus stops, services, and routes can be a bit tricky to use, especially when you just want to grab specific details. This service grabs all the bus stop, service, and route data, gives it a good shake, and re-parses it into a data structure that's actually useful.
Specifically, bus stop, service, and route data are retrieved, processed and then stored into two handy JSON files: bus-services.json and bus-stops.json. These files are the backbone of the server, providing the data for all your bus-related queries.
That's a great question! Yes, bus information can change. That's why the data is refreshed every week. This refresh is handled by a cron job running on a Cloudflare Worker, ensuring the data stays reasonably up-to-date.