watpark.md

WATPark

GET /v2/parking/watpark.{format}

Description

This method returns real-time parking counts in select parking lots across campus.

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	Yes
Method ID	1823	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	parking	Service ID	293
Information Steward	WATPark	Data Type	JSON Feed
Update Frequency	Every request (live)	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Usage won't increase if there is no data returned
• We cannot modify the data from this method
• Any value can be null

Sources

• http://watpark.com

Parameters

GET /v2/parking/watpark.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
format	input	yes	The format of the output
key	filter	yes	Your API key
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• xml

Examples

GET /v2/parking/watpark.{format}

• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/parking/watpark.json
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/parking/watpark.xml
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/parking/watpark.json.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
lot_name	string	Name of the parking lot
latitude	float	Latitude of the parking lot
longitude	float	Longitude of the parking lot
capacity	integer	Capacity of the parking lot
current_count	integer	Current count of the number of cars in the parking lot
percent_filled	integer	Percentage of which the parking lot is filled, rounded to the nearest integer
last_update	string	Time which the `current_count` was last updated

Any value can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":660143,
    "timestamp":1444252138,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":1823,
    "method":{

    }
  },
  "data":[
    {
      "lot_name":"C",
      "latitude":43.467536,
      "longitude":-80.538379,
      "capacity":807,
      "current_count":401,
      "percent_filled":50,
      "last_updated":"2015-10-07T17:08:49-04:00"
    },
    {
      "lot_name":"N",
      "latitude":43.47491,
      "longitude":-80.544559,
      "capacity":252,
      "current_count":189,
      "percent_filled":75,
      "last_updated":"2015-10-07T17:08:39-04:00"
    },
    {
      "lot_name":"W",
      "latitude":43.474777,
      "longitude":-80.547579,
      "capacity":184,
      "current_count":135,
      "percent_filled":73,
      "last_updated":"2015-10-07T17:08:39-04:00"
    },
    {
      "lot_name":"X",
      "latitude":43.477526,
      "longitude":-80.545492,
      "capacity":630,
      "current_count":177,
      "percent_filled":28,
      "last_updated":"2015-10-07T17:08:18-04:00"
    }
  ]
}