News

1.3.9

• Fixed bug where non-english feeds couldn’t be accessed using the top-level gbfs feed (#10).
• Update URLs to reflect the transition of the gbfs source from the NABSA GitHub organization to MobilityData (#9).
• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations.
• Address CRAN check NOTEs related to help-file formatting.

1.3.8

• Changed default development branch name from master to main.
• Fixed HTML5 NOTEs on R devel checks.

1.3.7

• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations due to COVID-19
• Catch errors while fetching .json data and return a more informative message on timeout and HTTP 400 errors

1.3.6

• Introduce support for the new system ID key to improve stability of argument matching. This is now the recommended method for specifying the system of interest!
• Switch from Travis to GitHub Actions for continuous integration
• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations due to COVID-19

1.3.5

• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations due to COVID-19

1.3.4

• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations due to COVID-19

1.3.3

• Catch errors while fetching .json data and return a more informative message on timeout and HTTP 400 errors
• Update URLs in examples and unit tests to reflect bikeshare systems adjusting operations due to COVID-19

1.3.2

• Several fixes for bugs arising from NABSA’s update to the gbfs spec (1.1-RC)
• Improved error message for multiple cities matching the supplied string
• Accomodate valid json URLs with no .json file extension

1.3.1

• All package functions requiring internet access now immediately check the internet connection upon being called, raising a message and returning an empty list if an internet connection is not available.

1.3.0

• The main wrapper function, get_gbfs, can now return its output as a named list, where each entry is a GBFS dataframe.
• Results will now be returned by default (note that these changes are non-breaking–the new default settings would error out in previous versions, and previously valid arguments still return results in the same way.)
• Added a get_which_gbfs_feeds function, which supplies a table giving all of the available feeds for a city!
• Extended flexibility of the city argument–in addition to a string that matches the city name, the package can now find the appropriate feed given any subfeed of a bikeshare system.
• Extend argument checking.
• Make error messages more informative.
• Documentation improvements.
• Code refactoring.

1.2.0

• Addressed errors arising from new columns types introduced in the new NABSA GBFS guidelines.
  
• Added the output argument, allowing users to either save the outputs as .Rds files or return them as list or dataframe objects. As a result, the directory argument is no longer required if output = "return"
• Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements

1.1.0

• Thanks to Mark Padgham (@mpadge), we’ve introduced a new function get_gbfs_cities that lists all of the cities currently releasing feeds! This function will help inform users who do not have a specific city already in mind.
  
• Add functionality for new column types introduced in the new NABSA GBFS guidelines.
  
• Minor bug fixes (unused imports, vignette errors, etc.)