Incidents API

by wmata.com

Overview

Rail, bus, and elevator disruptions/outages.

Incidents is a transportation API from wmata.com. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 6 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: API key
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Transportation
Base URL: http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc
Version: 1.0
Endpoints: 6
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-06-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X GET "http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc/BusIncidents" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc/BusIncidents", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc/BusIncidents",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
GET	`/BusIncidents`	XML - Bus Incidents
GET	`/ElevatorIncidents`	XML - Elevator/Escalator Outages
GET	`/Incidents`	XML - Rail Incidents
GET	`/json/BusIncidents`	JSON - Bus Incidents
GET	`/json/ElevatorIncidents`	JSON - Elevator/Escalator Outages
GET	`/json/Incidents`	JSON - Rail Incidents