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Validate GTFS feed

Source: R/validate_gtfs.R
validate_gtfs.Rd

Validates the GTFS object against GTFS specifications and raises warnings if required files/fields are not found. This function is called in read_gtfs().

Usage

validate_gtfs(gtfs_obj, files = NULL, warnings = TRUE)

Arguments

gtfs_obj

gtfs object (i.e. a list of tables, not necessary a tidygtfs object)

files

A character vector containing the text files to be validated against the GTFS specification without the file extension (txt or geojson). If NULL (the default), the provided GTFS feed is validated against all possible GTFS text files.

warnings

Whether to display warning messages (defaults to TRUE).

Value

A validation_result tibble containing the validation summary of all possible fields from the specified files.

Details

Note that this function just checks if required files or fields are missing. There's no validation for internal consistency (e.g. no departure times before arrival times or calendar covering a reasonable period).

Details

GTFS object's files and fields are validated against the GTFS specifications as documented in GTFS Schedule Reference:

  • GTFS feeds are considered valid if they include all required files and fields. If a required file/field is missing the function (optionally) raises a warning.

  • Optional files/fields are listed in the reference above but are not required, thus no warning is raised if they are missing.

  • Extra files/fields are those who are not listed in the reference above (either because they refer to a specific GTFS extension or due to any other reason).

Note that some files (calendar.txt, calendar_dates.txt and feed_info.txt) are conditionally required. This means that:

  • calendar.txt is initially set as a required file. If it's not present, however, it becomes optional and calendar_dates.txt (originally set as optional) becomes required.

  • feed_info.txt is initially set as an optional file. If translations.txt is present, however, it becomes required.

Examples

validate_gtfs(gtfs_duke)
#> # A tibble: 254 × 8
#>    file   file_spec file_provided_status field  field_spec field_provided_status
#>    <chr>  <chr>     <lgl>                <chr>  <chr>      <lgl>                
#>  1 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Condition… TRUE                 
#>  2 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Required   TRUE                 
#>  3 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Required   TRUE                 
#>  4 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Required   TRUE                 
#>  5 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Optional   TRUE                 
#>  6 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Optional   TRUE                 
#>  7 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Optional   TRUE                 
#>  8 agency Required  TRUE                 agenc… Optional   FALSE                
#>  9 areas  Optional  FALSE                area_… Required   FALSE                
#> 10 areas  Optional  FALSE                area_… Optional   FALSE                
#> # ℹ 244 more rows
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: validation_status <chr>, validation_details <chr>

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
local_gtfs_path <- system.file("extdata", "nyc_subway.zip", package = "tidytransit")
gtfs <- read_gtfs(local_gtfs_path)
attr(gtfs, "validation_result")

gtfs$shapes <- NULL
validation_result <- validate_gtfs(gtfs)

# should raise a warning
gtfs$stop_times <- NULL
validation_result <- validate_gtfs(gtfs)
} # }