jagermeister / citibike-status

iOS shortcut enabled citibike dock updates

citibike-status

Citi Bike dock availability with JavaScript ES6 and Scriptable. This script queries Citi Bike's public APIs to output stations which have docks available. Citi Bike follows the General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) .

environment

This was written in and executed in the iOS JavaScript ES6 editor and interpreter Scriptable. This allows the code to be accessed as an iOS shortcut. With a variety of triggers, you can call the script based off GPS location, and setup the output message to be read by Siri

iOS shortcuts

With the Scriptable app installed, you'll see the option to reference them in shortcuts. You can pass parameters in, and send the output of your script to other steps.

Configurations

Setting output as spoken from Siri	Using Current Location Latitude / Longitude

shortcut config

scriptable:
  - Run Bike-Status
documents:
  - Speak Output

automation config

When:
 - When I arrive at ${address}
Do:
 - Run Shortcut Bike-Status

I set the address as 2 blocks away from where I need to decide which dock to go to and with a radius of 350'.