GTFSDB
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Supported Databases
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- PostgreSQL (PostGIS for Geo tables) - preferred
- Oracle - tested
- MySQL  - tested
- SQLite - tested

GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) Database
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Python code that will load GTFS data into a relational database, and SQLAlchemy ORM bindings to the GTFS tables in the gtfsdb. 

The gtfsdb project's focus is on making GTFS data available in a programmatic context for software developers. The need for the gtfsdb project comes from the fact that a lot of developers start out a GTFS-related effort by first building some amount of code to read GTFS data (whether that's an in-memory loader, a database loader, etc...);  GTFSDB can hopefully reduce the need for such drudgery, and give developers a starting point beyond the first step of dealing with GTFS in .csv file format.

Available on pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gtfsdb


Install and use via the gtfsdb source tree:
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0. Install Python 2.7, easy_install and buildout on your system...
1. git clone https://github.com/OpenTransitTools/gtfsdb.git
2. cd gtfsdb
3. buildout install prod
   NOTE: if you're using postgres, do a 'buildout install prod pg'
4. bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url <db url>  <gtfs file | url>
   examples:
   - bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url sqlite:///gtfs.db http://developer.trimet.org/schedule/gtfs.zip
   - bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432 --is_geospatial http://developer.trimet.org/schedule/gtfs.zip  
   NOTE: using the `is_geospatial` arg will take much longer to load...


The best way to get gtfsbd up and running is via the python 'buildout' and 'easy_install' tools.
Highly recommended to first install easy_install (setup tools) and buildout (e.g., easy_install zc.buildout)
before doing anything else.

Postgres users, gtfsdb requires the psycopg2 database driver. If you are on linux / mac, buildout will
install the necessary dependencies (or re-use whatever you have in your system site-lib).
If you are on windows, you most likely have to find and install a pre-compiled version (see below).


Install Steps (on Windows):
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    0. Have a db - docs and examples assume Postgres/PostGIS installed
       http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows
       http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/

    1. Python2.7 - http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/ (python-2.7.6.msi)
       NOTE: see this for setting env variables correctly: http://blog.sadphaeton.com/2009/01/20/python-development-windows-part-1installing-python.html

    2a. Install Setup Tools (easy_install) https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#windows-8-powershell
    2b. easy_install zc.buildout

    3. Install Psygopg2 (from binary):  http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/

    4. Check out gtfsdb from trunk with Git - see: git clone https://github.com/OpenTransitTools/gtfsdb.git

    5. cd top level of gtfsdb tree
    
    6. buildout install prod

    7. bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url <db url>  <gtfs file | url>