# Transit Feed Finder — Mobility Database (`ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper`) Actor Find public-transport GTFS / GTFS-RT / GBFS feeds worldwide from the Mobility Database — by country, city or provider, with download URLs, license and bounding box. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ponderable\_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ponderable Hydrometer](https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, SEO tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Mobility Database — GTFS & GTFS-RT Feed Finder **The single best starting point for building on transit data: a filterable index of thousands of GTFS, GTFS-RT and GBFS feeds worldwide, each with a direct download URL.** Turns the raw Mobility Database catalog into a query-by-country/city/provider/type API. Keyless. Perfect for trip planners, transit data pipelines, coverage research, and feed-discovery for any city. ### What you get One row per transit feed: - **Identity** — `mdbSourceId`, `dataType` (`gtfs` / `gtfs-rt` / `gbfs`), `entityType` (for GTFS-RT: vp/tu/sa), `provider`, `name`, `isOfficial` - **Location** — `country` (ISO alpha-2), `subdivision`, `municipality` - **Feed URLs** — `downloadUrl` (direct), `latestUrl` (stable "latest"), `authType`, `apiKeyParam` - **Metadata** — `license`, `feedContactEmail`, `staticReference`, `status`, `features` - **`boundingBox`** — `minLatitude`, `maxLatitude`, `minLongitude`, `maxLongitude`, `extractedOn` Use a feed's `downloadUrl` / `latestUrl` to fetch the actual GTFS zip. ### Filters | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `country` | string | — | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. `AT`, `DE`, `ES`, `RO` | | `city` | string | — | Substring match on municipality or subdivision | | `provider` | string | — | Substring match on provider or feed name | | `dataType` | string | all | `gtfs`, `gtfs-rt` or `gbfs` | | `includeInactive` | boolean | `false` | Include feeds flagged inactive/deprecated | | `maxResults` | integer | `500` | Cap on feeds returned | ### Example input ```json { "country": "AT", "dataType": "gtfs", "maxResults": 200 } ```` Everything around Barcelona: ```json { "city": "Barcelona", "maxResults": 100 } ``` ### Example output (one feed) ```json { "mdbSourceId": "mdb-1874", "dataType": "gtfs", "entityType": null, "provider": "Wiener Linien", "name": "Vienna GTFS", "country": "AT", "subdivision": "Vienna", "municipality": "Vienna", "isOfficial": "true", "downloadUrl": "https://www.wienerlinien.at/ogd_realtime/doku/ogd/gtfs/gtfs.zip", "latestUrl": "https://files.mobilitydatabase.org/mdb-1874/mdb-1874-latest.zip", "authType": "0", "apiKeyParam": null, "license": "https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/...", "feedContactEmail": null, "staticReference": null, "status": "active", "features": "", "boundingBox": { "minLatitude": 48.09, "maxLatitude": 48.32, "minLongitude": 16.18, "maxLongitude": 16.58, "extractedOn": "2026-05-30T12:00:00Z" } } ``` ### Why this actor - **Discovery layer for transit data** — find the right feed by country, city, provider or type, then fetch its zip. - **Direct + stable URLs** — both the provider's `downloadUrl` and a MobilityData-hosted `latestUrl`. - **Bounding boxes** — geographic filtering and map coverage out of the box. - **Keyless & reliable** — parses the official catalog CSV with retry/backoff. ### Notes - Source: the Mobility Database catalog CSV (hosted by MobilityData). No API key required. - Inactive/deprecated feeds are excluded by default — set `includeInactive` to see them. - Independent tool; not affiliated with MobilityData. ### Pricing Pay per result — **$2.00 per 1,000 results** (one result = one transit feed). No subscription or platform fees. ### Related actors - **Transitland Scraper** — routes, stops and operators across transit networks. - **TfL London Scraper** — Transport for London data. - **Berlin VBB Scraper** — Berlin/Brandenburg transit. # Actor input Schema ## `country` (type: `string`): Filter by country, e.g. "AT", "DE", "RO", "ES". Leave empty for all countries. ## `city` (type: `string`): Substring match on municipality or subdivision, e.g. "Vienna", "Berlin", "Catalonia". ## `provider` (type: `string`): Substring match on provider or feed name, e.g. "Wiener Linien", "VBB". ## `dataType` (type: `string`): "gtfs" (static schedules), "gtfs-rt" (real-time) or "gbfs" (bikeshare). Empty = all. ## `includeInactive` (type: `boolean`): Include feeds flagged as inactive/deprecated in the catalog. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Cap on number of feeds returned. ## Actor input object example ```json { "country": "AT", "dataType": "", "includeInactive": false, "maxResults": 500 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "country": "AT" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "country": "AT" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "country": "AT" }' | apify call ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Transit Feed Finder — Mobility Database", "description": "Find public-transport GTFS / GTFS-RT / GBFS feeds worldwide from the Mobility Database — by country, city or provider, with download URLs, license and bounding box.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "uq1TQqY45PHbEw8AD" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~mobility-database-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ponderable_hydrometer-mobility-database-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~mobility-database-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ponderable_hydrometer-mobility-database-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~mobility-database-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ponderable_hydrometer-mobility-database-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "country": { "title": "Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by country, e.g. \"AT\", \"DE\", \"RO\", \"ES\". Leave empty for all countries." }, "city": { "title": "City / region", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match on municipality or subdivision, e.g. \"Vienna\", \"Berlin\", \"Catalonia\"." }, "provider": { "title": "Provider / feed name", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match on provider or feed name, e.g. \"Wiener Linien\", \"VBB\"." }, "dataType": { "title": "Data type", "enum": [ "", "gtfs", "gtfs-rt", "gbfs" ], "type": "string", "description": "\"gtfs\" (static schedules), \"gtfs-rt\" (real-time) or \"gbfs\" (bikeshare). Empty = all.", "default": "" }, "includeInactive": { "title": "Include inactive feeds", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include feeds flagged as inactive/deprecated in the catalog.", "default": false }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on number of feeds returned.", "default": 500 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```