Ara Import file

The Ara Import file can be used to feed a Ara SaaS referential via the Ara Import API.

 

File structure

The file contains all element of the model repeated for each day we want to import. Each line starts with the element type.

As rows doesn’t have the same number of attributes, there are no headers.

Special syntax items

  • Comments are #.

  • Separators are ,

  • Leading spaces are trimed

  • Quotes are escaped with another quote ex: [""1234"",""5678""]

General constraints

All uuids must respect the postgresql uuid data type constraints.

All Hashes and Arrays are parsed as JSON objects and must respect the JSON syntax.

For all models, only the Type, Id, and ModelName attributes must be present. Other attributes can be left empty.

Operator

Attribute

Format

Attribute

Format

Type

operator

Id

UUID

ModelName

YYYY-MM-DD

Name

String

ObjectIDs

Hash

Example

operator,a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11,2017-01-01,Name,{"objectidKind":"operatorObjectid"}

Stop Area

Attribute

Format

Attribute

Format

Type

stop_area

Id

UUID

ParentId

UUID

ReferentId

UUID

ModelName

YYYY-MM-DD

Name

String

ObjectIDs

Hash

LineIds

Array of UUID

Attributes

Hash

References

Hash

CollectedAlways

boolean

CollectChildren

boolean

CollectSituations

boolean

Example

stop_area,a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11,b0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11,c0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11,2017-01-01,Name,{"objectidKind":"stopAreaObjectid"},"[""d0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11"",""e0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11""]","{""AttributeKey"":""abcd""}","{""ReferenceType"":{""ObjectId"":{""objectidKind"":""5678""},""Id"":""42""}}",true,true,true

Lines

Attribute

Format

Attribute

Format

Type

line

Id

UUID

ModelName

YYYY-MM-DD

Name

String

ObjectIDs

Hash

Attributes

Hash

References

Hash

CollectSituations

boolean

Number

String

Example

line,f0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11,2017-01-01,Name,{"objectidKind":"lineObjectid"},"{""AttributeKey"":""abcd""}","{""ReferenceType"":{""ObjectId"":{""objectidKind"":""5678""},""Id"":""42""}}",true,L3

Vehicle Journeys

Attribute

Format

Attribute

Format

Type

vehicle_journey

Id

UUID

ModelName

YYYY-MM-DD

Name

String

ObjectIDs

Hash

LineId

UUID

OriginName

String

DestinationName

String

Attributes

Hash

References

Hash

DirectionType

String

Example

Stop Visits

A stop visit schedule is a hash with the following keys:

Attribute

Format

Attribute

Format

Type

stop_visit

Id

UUID

ModelName

YYYY-MM-DD

ObjectIDs

Hash

StopAreaId

UUID

VehicleJourneyId

UUID

PassageOrder

Int

Schedules

Array of Hash

Attributes

Hash

References

Hash

Example

Example

This file defines a Stop Area and a Line for five days: