data-mirror

Basic Node server that mirrors the GTFS and OSM PBF files that act as the source of truth for data in other services.

Setup

Use nvm https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm to install the appropriate NodeJS version.

$ nvm install

$ nvm use

This will automatically use the correct Node version defined in .nvmrc, you can also install that node version manually

Env Vars

If setting up for the Bay Area, set the following env vars:

API_511_KEY=<API key obtained from https://511.org/>

If setting up for a different region, you need the full url's for both GTFS and OSM data

GTFS_URL=<full url where you can GET a gtfs.zip file>
OSM_PBF_URL=<full url where you can GET a osm pbf file>

Building

This project uses transpiled Typescript when running. To transpile run:

npm run build

then

npm run start

to start the server.