CityBikes Scraper

Scrape real-time bike-sharing station availability from 600+ networks worldwide using the free CityBikes API. Get live data on free bikes, empty slots, e-bike availability, and station locations — no API key required.

Features

• List all networks — browse 600+ bike-sharing systems worldwide with city, country, and operator info
• By network ID — fetch all stations and real-time availability for a specific network
• By city — find all networks in a city and get their stations
• By country — get all networks and stations for an entire country
• E-bike support — extracts e-bike counts where the network reports them
• Payment methods — extracts accepted payment types (key card, credit card, etc.)

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	string (enum)	listNetworks, byNetwork, byCity, or byCountry
networkId	string	CityBikes network ID for byNetwork mode (e.g. santander-cycles)
city	string	City name for byCity mode (e.g. London)
country	string	ISO country code for byCountry mode (e.g. GB, US, FR)
includeStations	boolean	Fetch station-level data (default: true)
maxItems	integer	Max total records to emit (default: 100)

Output

Network record (recordType: "network")

{
  "recordType": "network",
  "sourceUrl": "http://api.citybik.es/v2/networks",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
  "id": "santander-cycles",
  "name": "Santander Cycles",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "GB",
  "latitude": 51.511218,
  "longitude": -0.119824,
  "company": ["Serco Group"]
}

Station record (recordType: "station")

{
  "recordType": "station",
  "sourceUrl": "http://api.citybik.es/v2/networks/santander-cycles",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
  "networkId": "santander-cycles",
  "networkName": "Santander Cycles",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "GB",
  "stationId": "001420f03e8b4f08f1bcc9bdc0260651",
  "stationName": "Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea Park",
  "latitude": 51.475154,
  "longitude": -0.159170,
  "freeBikes": 3,
  "emptySlots": 18,
  "totalSlots": 21,
  "lastUpdated": "2026-01-01T13:41:48+00:00"
}

Example Use Cases

• Urban mobility research — analyze bike-sharing coverage and capacity by city
• Availability monitoring — track station fill rates across a network
• Fleet analytics — identify stations that are consistently full or empty
• E-bike deployment mapping — find which networks offer e-bikes

Available Networks

Popular networks you can query by ID:

Network ID	City	Country
santander-cycles	London	GB
divvy	Chicago, IL	US
citi-bike-nyc	New York, NY	US
velib-metropole	Paris	FR
nextbike-berlin	Berlin	DE
bay-wheels	San Francisco, CA	US

Use mode=listNetworks to discover all 600+ networks worldwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this free to use? Yes. The CityBikes API is a free public service. No API key or account required.

How current is the data? Station availability is updated approximately every 60–120 seconds by most networks.

Which cities are covered? 600+ cities worldwide including London, New York, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, and many more.

What is the networkId? Each bike-sharing system has a unique slug ID (e.g. santander-cycles for London's Santander Cycles). Find IDs by running listNetworks mode.

Do all networks report e-bike data? Not all. E-bike fields (ebikes, hasEbikes) are only included when the network reports them.

What does totalSlots represent? Total docking capacity at a station: freeBikes + emptySlots. This equals the maximum number of bikes the station can hold.

Data Source

api.citybik.es — open-source bike-sharing aggregator backed by the CityBikes project.