If nothing is returned, the sensor will show unknown. Some buses will have multiple listings, others may have none or only 1. You can paste this URL into a browser and view what is returned. Rt is the route you are looking to monitor. Key is the API key you received via email. Put the following under the sensor: section of your configuration. The Home Assistant Rest sensor documentation is located at:

(Stop 77 in the example below.Ĭapture 808×808 75.8 KB Setting Up the Rest Sensor in Home Assistant If you fill in the route, direction and stop, the stop ID will populate in the upper right hand corner. I am assuming you know the route you want to track if you are interested in using this. (60 seconds is 60 times an hour and 1440 times a day for example) Assemble your route and stop ID The example below is setup to call every 60 seconds. There is a limit of 10,000 api calls a day so be cautious of how often you update, especially when creating multiple sensors. Follow the instructions on that page to request an API key which should come via e-mail pretty quickly. Last thing before we get started, if you are a CTA ‘L’ rider, there is a train API also, Im sure this can be adapted to track train arrival times rather easily. Second, thanks to for help in getting the value template nailed down. I have basically 0 programming skills so this method works for me. First off, this is a well documented api and Im sure someone with programming experience could easily pull this info into a nice component for Home Assistant.

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