No Journey Planner data releases on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 February

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Hi All,

Due to an upgrade to Journey Planner, there will be no data releases for new data on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 February or Wednesday 1 March, with the next release not being until Thursday 2 March.In addition the TxC upload will be delayed until Wednesday 1 March,.

Regards
Matthew
Service Analyst Journey Planner
( cc @GerardButler )

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Is this why I’m getting a “no response from server” error when I try a Journey Planner call via TfL Unified API? (See below for response and Request url attempted). I made my account Monday, so haven’t explored much yet.

Is this also why I get a “no response from server” message when I check api.digital.tfl.gov.uk.html on
isitdownrightnow?

RESPONSE BODY: no content
RESPONSE CODE: 0
RESPONSE HEADERS: “error”: “no response from server”

Request url:
https://api.digital.tfl.gov.uk/Journey/JourneyResults/victoria/to/sloane%20square?nationalSearch=false&date=20220229&time=1000&timeIs=Departing&journeyPreference=LeastTime&mode=tube&accessibilityPreference=NoRequirements&maxTransferMinutes=10&maxWalkingMinutes=10&walkingSpeed=Average&cyclePreference=None&adjustment=TripFirst&bikeProficiency=Easy&alternativeCycle=false&alternativeWalking=false&applyHtmlMarkup=false&useMultiModalCall=false&walkingOptimization=false&taxiOnlyTrip=false&routeBetweenEntrances=false&useRealTimeLiveArrivals=false&calcOneDirection=false&app_key=…{key deleted}…

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hi @pk_traveller - welcome

I think I’ve spotted your issue - the domain you’ve used is not a public-facing domain and locked down. Please use api.tfl.gov.uk as the domain.

You also have a date from last year which would give you back a 400 Bad Request HTTP response code. I made the change to today’s date in your call which is now successful:

https://api.tfl.gov.uk/Journey/JourneyResults/victoria/to/sloane%20square?nationalSearch=false&date=20230228&time=1000&timeIs=Departing&journeyPreference=LeastTime&mode=tube&accessibilityPreference=NoRequirements&maxTransferMinutes=10&maxWalkingMinutes=10&walkingSpeed=Average&cyclePreference=None&adjustment=TripFirst&bikeProficiency=Easy&alternativeCycle=false&alternativeWalking=false&applyHtmlMarkup=false&useMultiModalCall=false&walkingOptimization=false&taxiOnlyTrip=false&routeBetweenEntrances=false&useRealTimeLiveArrivals=false&calcOneDirection=false

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That’s really helpful, James. Thank you. When making calls in Postman or through vba (the tool I have to use, whether I like it or not) I am now able to get very useful responses.
I still can’t get anything via the Swagger UI- I don’t know whether there’s an issue with the platform, or whether I’m just not using it correctly. In either case, I can now get the info I require, so I’m very grateful for your help.

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hi @pk_traveller - I would suggest grabbing the OpenAPI definitions from the api-portal.tfl.gov.uk rather than the old swagger (which we will decommission at some point!)