Home Assistant

De Lijn

The delijn integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] will give you the departure time of the next bus, tram or subway at a specific stop of the De Lijn public transport network in Flanders (Belgium).

Setup

Create a developer account at De Lijn Open Data portal to get a free API subscription key. For valid stop IDs check for the 6 digits at the physical stops or visit the stops page of the De Lijn website.

Configuration

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: delijn
    api_key: "API_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY"
    next_departure:
    - stop_id: 'STOP_ID'

Configuration Variables

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api_key string Required

API Subscription key needed to access De Lijn APIs.

next_departure list Required

One or multiple departure sensors.

stop_id string Required

ID of the stop, e.g., 200552.

number_of_departures integer (Optional, default: 5)

Specify the maximum number of departures/passages at a stop to retrieve

Examples

Full configuration

The example below shows a full configuration with two sensors, only the abcdefg needs to be replaced with an actual API subscription key. The first stop_id will return the default next 5 passages, the second stop_id has been forced to return the next 20 passages.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  # De Lijn public transport
  - platform: delijn
    api_key: "abcdefg"
    next_departure:
    - stop_id: '200018'
    - stop_id: '201169'
      number_of_departures: 20

Custom dashboard card

Works best with the following custom dashboard card: https://github.com/bollewolle/delijn-card

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