Get-NSTrainJourney

NAME Get-NSTrainJourney



SYNOPSIS

Find trains between two destinations





SYNTAX

Get-NSTrainJourney [-fromStation] <Object> [-toStation] <Object> [-Next <Int32>] [[-URI] <Uri>]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Got a bit fed up turning up at the station to find trains were delayed or cancelled, so wrote this function to

find out in advance before leaving the office



Function determines train availability from the Dutch NS API (https://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information/ns-api)

Needs connection to External API http://webservices.ns.nl/ns-api-treinplanner

Use an Internet connected machine



Request API access here: https://www.ns.nl/ews-aanvraagformulier/?0





PARAMETERS

-fromStation <Object>

Journey start station



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-toStation <Object>

Journey end station



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Next <Int32>

Specify a value from 1-5 to retrieve info on next x train journeys



Required? false

Position? named

Default value 0

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-URI <Uri>

Optional URL



Required? false

Position? 3

Default value http://webservices.ns.nl/ns-api-treinplanner

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Author: Kenny White 14/01/2016



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-NSTrainJourney -fromStation 'Amsterdam Zuid' -toStation 'Duivendrecht'



Gets information about next 10 trains from Amsterdam Zuid to Duivendrecht











RELATED LINKS