Stib-sensor

This code is a custom component to integrate the Stib (the Brussels public transport) info in Home Assistant. This component adds sensors with the next passages in minutes in real-time for a line at a given stop.

Install

Copy these files to custom_components/stib/

Then configure the sensors by setting up the stib platform in configuration.yaml.

Options

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
platform	string	Required	stib
api_key	string	Required	The access token generated at opendata.stib-mivb.be.
language	string	Optional	The language of the stop names: 'fr' or 'nl'. By default: 'fr'
stops	object	Required	List of stops to display next passages of.

Example:

sensor:
  - platform: stib
    api_key: '< STIB access token from opendata.stib-mivb.be >'
    stops:
      - 8021
      - 8022

By default the stop names are in French, but the stop names can be in Dutch by specifying the language.

Info

How to get the stop ids?

Go to http://www.stib-mivb.be/horaires-dienstregeling2.html, select the line, the destination and then the stop name. The stop id can be found at the end of the url after _stop=.

For example, for line 1 with direction 'Gare de l'Ouest' at 'Gare Centrale', the url is: http://www.stib-mivb.be/horaires-dienstregeling2.html?l=fr&_line=1&_directioncode=V&_stop=8021. The stop id is then 8021.

Get the id for each stop you need and add them to your configuration.

How are the sensors represented?

For each line that passes at a given station you get a new sensor following this format: stib_[stop]_[line].

For example with stop id 8021 you get these two sensors:

• sensor.stib_8021_1
• sensor.stib_8021_5

The state returns the waiting time for the next vehicles :

sensor.stib_8021_1      5 (Gare De L'Ouest) - 15 (Gare De L'Ouest)

Other attributes are :

{
  "stop_name": "Gare Centrale",
  "next_departure": "5",
  "next_destination": "Gare De L'Ouest",
  "upcoming_departure": "15",
  "upcoming_destination": "Gare De L'Ouest",
  "line": "1",
  "attribution": "Data provided by opendata-api.stib-mivb.be",
  "friendly_name": "stib 8021  1",
  "icon": "mdi:bus"
}