Querying LocDetails

[c22dev]

Hi !

Thanks for this amazing project! Works very well.

I figured it would be interesting to have the LocDetails HAFAS method that allows to fetch many information about a station, for instance.

I know the transports publics du genevois use this in the INFO tab, for instance on this page.

It would be useful to have this feature to directly fetch connections, for instance.

Hope this is possible.

Thanks !

[alexander-albers]

Hi, what do you mean by "directly fetch connections"? What would this information enable you to do? I am a little hesitant because I would like to keep feature parity between all network providers, and would like for at least the Efa-based providers to support this as well.

[c22dev]

The idea is to gather every bus/train/whatever that passes at a stop.
For instance, this would allow us to get each connections (so each other bus you can take) at a said stop.
It doesn't get departures, but only the list of every bus that passes by.
I don't know if this method exists for other providers, but I totally get the requirement for parity.

[alexander-albers]

Thanks. Originally, the lines field in StationDepartures was meant for this (as sometimes you can query both departures and all departing lines at the same time). But this field is often not used currently. Unfortunately, I do not have the capacity right now to look into this but I would fully support you if you want to create a pull request for this. From my perspective, two options exist:

1. Ensure that the lines property in StationDepartures is filled out correctly for all Efa and Hafas providers.
2. Create a new method for querying the station details and implement it for at least all Efa and Hafas providers, including adding static and live tests for it.

[c22dev]

Yep, good idea!
I'll have a look at it.