Examples

Real time bezettingen fietsenstallingen Gent

Let’s work through a real example using Ghent’s open bicycle counting API. The objective of this example will be to fetch number of free bycicle places at Braunplein.

Collector settings

URL: https://data.stad.gent/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/real-time-bezettingen-fietsenstallingen-gent/records

Method: GET

Measurement settings

We add measurement-level filters to target Braunplein specifically.

Name: Braunplein_freeplaces

MeasurementPath: $.results[0].freeplaces

TimestampPath: $.results[0].time

QueryParameters:

{
  "limit": "1",
  "where": "facilityname like \"Braunplein\""
}

What you should see

The measurement appears as Good within ~10s.

Data preview displays Braunplein’s latest freeplaces value with its timestamp.