mav-prices

JavaScript module for finding railway connections prices using the Magyar Államvasutak (MÁV, Hungarian State Railways) API. Inofficial, using an endpoint by Magyar Államvasutak. Please ask them for permission before using this module in production.

Currently only supports international railway connections from/to Hungary.

Installation

npm install mav-prices

Usage

queryPrices() returns a Promise that will resolve with a list of offers.

import { queryPrices } from 'mav-prices';

queryPrices(from, to, [date], [opt]).then(…)

from and to must be MAV station IDs like "008099970".

date must be a Date object; if empty, the current datetime will be used.

With opt, you can override the default options, which look like this:

{
  class: 2, // 1 or 2 for first or second class
  seatReservation: false,
  directConnection: false,
  duration: 480, // search for connections within n minutes after departure date (default: undefined; note: 1 API request per 480 minutes will be sent)
  longerTransferTime: false, // >=10 minutes transfer time guaranteed
  isArrivalDate: false, // specify whether date parameter is arrival or departure date; ignored if duration is set
  intermediateStations: [ // 0-3 objects for intermediate stations (sample object is not set as default)
    {
      stationCode: "008062648", // station ID
      durationOfStay: 5 // in minutes (max: 59 (officially), but more seems to work as well);
                        // set to 0 if train should at least pass through station
    }
  ],
  travellers: [ // one or more objects; up to six people and six dogs
    {
      type: '8', // passengerType
      discounts: [], // discount IDs
    }
  ],
}

The following traveller and discount types are available for international journeys:

{
  passengerTypes: [
    { '0': 'Child (0-4 years)' },
    { '1': 'Child (4-6 years)' },
    { '2': 'Child (6-12 years)' },
    { '3': 'Child (12-14 years)' },
    { '4': 'Youth (14-15 years)' },
    { '5': 'Youth (15-16 years)' },
    { '6': 'Teenager (16-18 years)' },
    { '7': 'Young adult (18-26 years)' },
    { '8': 'Adult (26+ years)' },
    { '9': 'Dog' },
  ],
  discounts: [
    { '1': 'BAHNCARD25/RAILPLUS' },
    { '3': 'BAHNCARD50/RAILPLUS' },
    { '5': 'BAHNCARD100/RAILPLUS' },
    { '8': 'VORTEILSCARD/RAILPLUS' },
    { '9': 'Generalabonnement' },
    { '10': 'Halbtaxabonnement' },
  ],
}

Response

The result will be a list of Friendly Public Transport Format journey objects.

With from = '008099970', to = '005501362' and date = new Date('2023-01-09T09:30:00.000Z'), the result looked like this:

[
  {
    type: 'journey',
    id: 181926962,
    legs: [
      {
        mode: 'train',
        origin: { type: 'station', id: '008001071', name: 'Hamburg Hbf' },
        destination: { type: 'station', id: '008022534', name: 'Würzburg Hbf' },
        departure: '2023-01-09T12:01:00+01:00',
        departureDelay: 0,
        departurePlatform: undefined,
        arrival: '2023-01-09T15:28:00+01:00',
        arrivalDelay: 0,
        arrivalPlatform: undefined,
        line: {
          type: 'line',
          id: '6528402',
          name: 'ICE 789',
          mode: 'train',
          product: 'ICE',
        },
        schedule: '683163',
      },
      {
        mode: 'train',
        origin: { type: 'station', id: '008022534', name: 'Würzburg Hbf' },
        destination: { type: 'station', id: '008101073', name: 'Linz Hbf' },
        departure: '2023-01-09T15:35:00+01:00',
        departureDelay: 0,
        departurePlatform: undefined,
        arrival: '2023-01-09T19:26:00+01:00',
        arrivalDelay: 0,
        arrivalPlatform: undefined,
        line: {
          type: 'line',
          id: '6525223',
          name: 'ICE 29',
          mode: 'train',
          product: 'ICE',
        },
        schedule: '690816',
      },
      {
        mode: 'train',
        origin: { type: 'station', id: '008101073', name: 'Linz Hbf' },
        destination: { type: 'station', id: '005501362', name: 'Hegyeshalom' },
        departure: '2023-01-09T20:17:00+01:00',
        departureDelay: 0,
        departurePlatform: undefined,
        arrival: '2023-01-09T22:25:00+01:00',
        arrivalDelay: 0,
        arrivalPlatform: undefined,
        line: {
          type: 'line',
          id: '6493390',
          name: 'RJX 261',
          mode: 'train',
          product: 'RJX',
        },
        schedule: '658654',
      },
    ],
    price: { amount: 115, currency: 'EUR', name: 'START Europa DE' },
  },
  // ...
];

Similar Projects

• mav-stations – A list of MAV stations.
• db-prices – Find journey prices using the DB Sparpreise API.

Contributing

If you have a question, found a bug or want to propose a feature, have a look at the issues page.