gtfs_cache

A simple webserver that makes the PVTA's GTFS and GTFS Realtime datasets available publicly.

When the server is booted it spawns a background thread (implemented as a puma plugin) that periodically fetches and caches responses from the original data sources (the PVTA itself for GTFS, Swiftly for GTFS Realtime).

These cached responses are then forwarded to requests made to the server itself.

This gets us around various access control pain points (CORS for the PVTA, API keys/rate limits for Swiftly) when using these datasets in our other applications.

Development

The application is built on the Sinatra framework. It is recommended you use rbenv to install/manage ruby.

Setup

1. Install ruby. (rbenv install)
2. Run the setup script. (script/setup)

Scripts

• Run bin/rspec to run the tests.
• Run bin/rubocop to run the linter.
• Run script/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
• Run script/server to run the development server.
• Run script/setup to install dependencies.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/umts/gtfs_cache.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.