By email
Shed 39, 2 Fryatt Quay
Pipitea, Wellington 6011
PO Box 11646
23 September 2019
Manners Street
Wellington 6142
T 04 384 5708
File Ref: OIAP-7-12435
F 04 385 6960
www.gw.govt.nz
Jack Hazlehurst
[FYI request #11057 email]
Dear Mr Hazlehurst
Request for information 2019-288
I refer to your request for information dated 26 August 2019, which was received by Greater
Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) on 26 August 2019. You have requested the following
information:
“There is an API that provides realtime information about public transport in Wellington
avaliable here https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/
I am requesting all documentation for any API avaliable under the above url.”
On 30 August 2019, we contacted you to advise that the link provided in your original request did
not work and, to seek clarification about the specific information that you are seeking.
On 9 September 2019 you replied to our request for clarification as follows:
“Sorry for the delay in my reply. I will try to clarify what I am interested in. For the
following links I am interested in any information you can provide regarding the json
response for the following links:
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/FareZones
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/StopSearch/lambton
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/StopDepartures/5010
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/StopNearby/-41.3431194/174.7706202
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/ServiceLocation/1
https://www.metlink.org.nz/api/v1/ServiceMap/1
I will also try to get in contact with the records section.”
Unfortunately, the information that you provided did not provide us with enough clarity about the
information that you are seeking.
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On 10 September 2019, we responded to you to asking to provide a suitable contact phone number
so that we could contact you. As of today’s date we have not heard back from you.
GWRC’s response follows:
In accordance with section 10(2) of the Local Government and Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), requests for information are required to be specified with due particularity in the
request. Due to lack of particularity as to the information requested, I am unable to respond to your
request.
Below is information regarding future application programme interface (API) developments relating
to realtime information in Wellington.
We are aware that some parties have been informally accessing our website API’s to access
information for third-party public transport and journey planning apps. However, these API’s were
not intended to be open for public consumption. As a result, GWRC has been working to develop
open API’s for public transport data so the public can access and use data that is supported.
The open data platform is due for release in late October 2019, and will feature ‘official’ APIs for
public consumption. This platform will include comprehensive documentation and guidance on
how to use these APIs through a self-service developer portal.
We hope that this new open data platform will go some way to answering your questions, but please
feel free to make contact with us again if you require further information.
If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to request
an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Act.
Yours sincerely
Greg Pollock
General Manager, Public Transport
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