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GET Road Conditions

Returns current road conditions.

Request Information

https://511.alberta.ca/api/v2/get/winterroads

URI Parameters

URI Parameters
Name	Description	Type	Additional information
format	Valid values are 'xml' or 'json', default 'json'.	string	Optional
lang	Valid values are 'en' or 'fr', default 'en'.	string	Optional

Response Information

Resource Description

Resource Description
Name	Description	Type
Id	A unique identifier.	integer
LocationDescription	A description of the location that is affected. Often described as from one road to another.	string
Primary Condition	Represents the primary condition of the winter road condition.	string
Secondary Conditions	Represents the secondary conditions of the winter road condition.	string
Visibility	A short description of how the visibility on the road. Examples: Good, fair	string
AreaName	Area name.	string
RoadwayName	The roadway which this condition affects.	string
EncodedPolyline	A single string storing a series of coordinates. More information	string
LastUpdated	The date the condition's details were last updated in Unix time. More information	integer

Response Formats

JSON

Sample:

[
	{
                "Id": 645,
		"LocationDescription": "St. Julien Way to Tunnel Mountain Rd",
		"Primary Condition": "Closed",
		"Secondary Conditions": [],
		"Visibility": null,
		"AreaName": "BANFF",
		"RoadwayName": "Tunnel Mountain Dr",
		"EncodedPolyline": "oe~eIvmsuTi@V??}CvA}EzB??m@b@??_Bp@cA\\s",
		"LastUpdated": 1572077163
	},
	{
                "Id": 647,
		"LocationDescription": "Lake Minnewanka to Johnson Lake",
		"Primary Condition": "Closed",
		"Secondary Conditions": [],
		"Visibility": null,
		"AreaName": "BANFF",
		"RoadwayName": "Johnson Lake Road",
                "EncodedPolyline": "@YkAe@gA_@m@O_ASsAQm@EmAEsCAoF?ds@f_@cD}E",
		"LastUpdated": 1576485655
	}
]

XML

Sample:

<WinterRoadsList>
	<WinterRoads>
                <Id>645</Id>
		<LocationDescription>St. Julien Way to Tunnel Mountain Rd</LocationDescription>
		<Primary-Condition>Closed</Primary-Condition>
		<Secondary-Conditions/>
		<Visibility/>
		<AreaName>BANFF</AreaName>
		<RoadwayName>Tunnel Mountain Dr</RoadwayName>
		<EncodedPolyline>oe~eIvmsuTi@V??}CvA}EzB??m@b@??_Bp@cA\\s</EncodedPolyline>
		<LastUpdated>1572077163</LastUpdated>
	</WinterRoads>
	<WinterRoads>
                <Id>647</Id>
		<LocationDescription>Lake Minnewanka to Johnson Lake</LocationDescription>
		<Primary-Condition>Closed</Primary-Condition>
		<Secondary-Conditions/>
		<Visibility/>
		<AreaName>BANFF</AreaName>
		<RoadwayName>Johnson Lake Road</RoadwayName>
		<EncodedPolyline>@YkAe@gA_@m@O_ASsAQm@EmAEsCAoF?ds@f_@cD}E</EncodedPolyline>
		<LastUpdated>1576485655</LastUpdated>
	</WinterRoads>
</WinterRoadsList>