# Transit Feed Finder — Mobility Database (`ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper`) Actor

Find public-transport GTFS / GTFS-RT / GBFS feeds worldwide from the Mobility Database — by country, city or provider, with download URLs, license and bounding box.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponderable Hydrometer](https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer) (community)
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Mobility Database — GTFS & GTFS-RT Feed Finder

**The single best starting point for building on transit data: a filterable index of thousands of GTFS, GTFS-RT and GBFS feeds worldwide, each with a direct download URL.** Turns the raw Mobility Database catalog into a query-by-country/city/provider/type API. Keyless.

Perfect for trip planners, transit data pipelines, coverage research, and feed-discovery for any city.

### What you get

One row per transit feed:

- **Identity** — `mdbSourceId`, `dataType` (`gtfs` / `gtfs-rt` / `gbfs`), `entityType` (for GTFS-RT: vp/tu/sa), `provider`, `name`, `isOfficial`
- **Location** — `country` (ISO alpha-2), `subdivision`, `municipality`
- **Feed URLs** — `downloadUrl` (direct), `latestUrl` (stable "latest"), `authType`, `apiKeyParam`
- **Metadata** — `license`, `feedContactEmail`, `staticReference`, `status`, `features`
- **`boundingBox`** — `minLatitude`, `maxLatitude`, `minLongitude`, `maxLongitude`, `extractedOn`

Use a feed's `downloadUrl` / `latestUrl` to fetch the actual GTFS zip.

### Filters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `country` | string | — | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. `AT`, `DE`, `ES`, `RO` |
| `city` | string | — | Substring match on municipality or subdivision |
| `provider` | string | — | Substring match on provider or feed name |
| `dataType` | string | all | `gtfs`, `gtfs-rt` or `gbfs` |
| `includeInactive` | boolean | `false` | Include feeds flagged inactive/deprecated |
| `maxResults` | integer | `500` | Cap on feeds returned |

### Example input

```json
{ "country": "AT", "dataType": "gtfs", "maxResults": 200 }
```

Everything around Barcelona:

```json
{ "city": "Barcelona", "maxResults": 100 }
```

### Example output (one feed)

```json
{
  "mdbSourceId": "mdb-1874",
  "dataType": "gtfs",
  "entityType": null,
  "provider": "Wiener Linien",
  "name": "Vienna GTFS",
  "country": "AT",
  "subdivision": "Vienna",
  "municipality": "Vienna",
  "isOfficial": "true",
  "downloadUrl": "https://www.wienerlinien.at/ogd_realtime/doku/ogd/gtfs/gtfs.zip",
  "latestUrl": "https://files.mobilitydatabase.org/mdb-1874/mdb-1874-latest.zip",
  "authType": "0",
  "apiKeyParam": null,
  "license": "https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/...",
  "feedContactEmail": null,
  "staticReference": null,
  "status": "active",
  "features": "",
  "boundingBox": {
    "minLatitude": 48.09,
    "maxLatitude": 48.32,
    "minLongitude": 16.18,
    "maxLongitude": 16.58,
    "extractedOn": "2026-05-30T12:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

### Why this actor

- **Discovery layer for transit data** — find the right feed by country, city, provider or type, then fetch its zip.
- **Direct + stable URLs** — both the provider's `downloadUrl` and a MobilityData-hosted `latestUrl`.
- **Bounding boxes** — geographic filtering and map coverage out of the box.
- **Keyless & reliable** — parses the official catalog CSV with retry/backoff.

### Notes

- Source: the Mobility Database catalog CSV (hosted by MobilityData). No API key required.
- Inactive/deprecated feeds are excluded by default — set `includeInactive` to see them.
- Independent tool; not affiliated with MobilityData.

### Pricing

Pay per result — **$2.00 per 1,000 results** (one result = one transit feed), plus Apify's standard per-run start event ($0.00005 per GB of memory, so a fraction of a cent per run). No subscription.

### Related actors

- **Transitland Scraper** — routes, stops and operators across transit networks.
- **TfL London Scraper** — Transport for London data.
- **Berlin VBB Scraper** — Berlin/Brandenburg transit.

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

Filter by country, e.g. "AT", "DE", "RO", "ES". Leave empty for all countries.

## `city` (type: `string`):

Substring match on municipality or subdivision, e.g. "Vienna", "Berlin", "Catalonia".

## `provider` (type: `string`):

Substring match on provider or feed name, e.g. "Wiener Linien", "VBB".

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

"gtfs" (static schedules), "gtfs-rt" (real-time) or "gbfs" (bikeshare). Empty = all.

## `includeInactive` (type: `boolean`):

Include feeds flagged as inactive/deprecated in the catalog.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on number of feeds returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "AT",
  "dataType": "",
  "includeInactive": false,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows produced by this run, as JSON.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "country": "AT"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "country": "AT" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "country": "AT"
}' |
apify call ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ponderable_hydrometer/mobility-database-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bNgjmeLLm4bzS2xOF/builds/Lhoui5gfFsIqfXlhd/openapi.json