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CycleStreets API (v2)

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  * Introduction * Overview & how to specify the API key Cycle routing - plan new journey Cycle routing - retrieve Cycle routing - plan leisure (circular) route Journeys of user Isochrones - show Nearest point Geocoder Photomap locations Photomap location Photomap categories Add photo Update photo Like photo Photo of the day Points of Interest (POIs) Points of Interest (POIs) - types Collisions data Collision report Collisions metadata Traffic counts data Popup cycleways - locations being implemented Popup cycleways - suggested Infrastructure locations Infrastructure location Infrastructure schema GPS tracks - add List galleries Retrieve a specified gallery Create a gallery Update a gallery User authenticate User create Map downloads Status API testing - multiple API testing - run one API testing - list of tests Add feedback API V1 documentation (deprecated)
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List galleries

This API call returns a list of the Photo Galleries available.

Example

Example which retrieves the data.

https://api.cyclestreets.net/v2/galleries.list?fields=id,title,description,photos,datetime,galleryHref

Result:

{
    "galleries": {
        "317": {
            "id": 317,
            "title": "Cambridge Station Cycle Parking",
            "description": "Photos of the new and improved cycling parking.",
            "photos": [
                1,
                2,
                3,
                4,
                5,
                6
            ],
            "datetime": 1437335911,
            "galleryHref": "https://www.cyclestreets.net/galleries/317/"
        },
        "318": {
            "id": 318,
            "title": "Abuse of Cycle Lanes at Stansted Airport",
            "description": "Motorists won't stay out of the cycle lanes.",
            "photos": [
                20,
                25,
                26,
                27
            ],
            "datetime": 1437336779,
            "galleryHref": "https://www.cyclestreets.net/galleries/318/"
        }
    }
}

Request parameters - required

None.

Request parameters - optional

fields string, comma-separated list of fields from the list below

Controls what information is returned; the fields id, title, description, photos and datetime are included by default.

Available fields are:

• id Unique identifier for the gallery
• title Gallery title
• description Gallery description
• photos Array of constituent photos in the gallery
• datetime Datetime as a Unixtime timestamp; NB the format can be changed using the datetime parameter (see below)
• galleryHref URL link to the gallery
• galleryUpdateHref URL link to the gallery update page

datetime string

If specified, the datetime field (if requested in the fields list) will be converted from unixtime (the default output format) to a formatted version; the available output formats are:

• friendly A friendly format suitable for showing on a webpage, e.g. '6:55pm, 4th October 2013'; this is equivalent to date ('g:ia, jS F Y', $date) in PHP
• friendlydate A friendly date format suitable for showing on a webpage, e.g. '4th October, 2013'; this is equivalent to date ('jS F, Y', $date) in PHP
• sqldatetime SQL DATETIME format (i.e. simplified ISO 8601 format): YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
• unixtime Unixtime (the default)

Response

JSON structure as per example above.

If no galleries are found, the call will return an empty array.

Error response

None.