FlixBus City Autocomplete API Documentation Find FlixBus cities by name. Each city carries its id (a UUID for search and the numeric legacy id), country, coordinates, time zone offset and the stations of the city with their importance. Use the city id as from_city_id or to_city_id in the search and calendar endpoints. Results are ranked by FlixBus. The result count is not fixed.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
string
Required
City or station name, 2 to 100 characters. Example: berlin.
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Response Schema
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Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"query": "berlin",
"total": 2,
"cities": [
{
"id": "40d8f682-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin",
"score": 59.768116,
"district": "Berlin",
"location": {
"lat": 52.525016,
"lon": 13.369474
},
"stations": [
{
"id": "04a24865-34dd-458e-addd-f529fbd69aa7",
"name": "Berlin-Wannsee",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 99373,
"importance_order": 10
},
{
"id": "88d83aa4-8f95-41f1-a3b6-d4d6152fca40",
"name": "Berlin Central Station",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 105733,
"importance_order": 20
},
{
"id": "394a5408-d778-4959-a63e-973253443ed2",
"name": "Berlin Central Station",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 20688,
"importance_order": 24
},
{
"id": "895f31c8-7f88-4d8f-a070-4b4a6320160a",
"name": "Berlin S\u00fcdkreuz",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 20788,
"importance_order": 22
},
{
"id": "e6f7f0f4-4bb5-45a0-bcc2-d5e7279686dd",
"name": "Berlin-Spandau",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 20798,
"importance_order": 19
},
{
"id": "d75cc465-3273-49b7-bcf0-a47cfdcd0852",
"name": "Berlin-Charlottenburg",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 23808,
"importance_order": 12
},
{
"id": "dcbb994f-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin S\u00fcdkreuz",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 481,
"importance_order": 23
},
{
"id": "dcbaaee6-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin central bus station",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 1,
"importance_order": 25
},
{
"id": "dcbbf964-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin Gesundbrunnen",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 914,
"importance_order": 18
},
{
"id": "dcbc32c3-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin Alexanderplatz",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 1224,
"importance_order": 21
},
{
"id": "dcbfd6bc-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin Alt-Tegel",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 3288,
"importance_order": 17
},
{
"id": "d73477d0-4b42-44f5-9593-037c4b0b6e11",
"name": "Berlin Wannsee",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 13328,
"importance_order": 15
},
{
"id": "dcbf8654-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Berlin Zoo",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 2825,
"importance_order": 13
},
{
"id": "5ae86c41-b203-42cd-9be6-34cf93120e3e",
"name": "Berlin S-Treptower Park",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 18088,
"importance_order": 14
}
],
"legacy_id": 88,
"country_code": "DE",
"subdivision_code": null,
"has_train_station": true,
"timezone_offset_seconds": 7200
},
{
"id": "40dc7203-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Potsdam",
"score": 57.554024,
"district": "Brandenburg",
"location": {
"lat": 52.39061,
"lon": 13.066756
},
"stations": [
{
"id": "27ce86f1-3455-4f36-a2d0-cc0bf3c6d3b2",
"name": "Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg (train)",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 122603,
"importance_order": 0
},
{
"id": "de1fe593-13d7-4a9c-aabc-6cad30db7097",
"name": "Potsdam Central Station",
"is_train": true,
"legacy_id": 29838,
"importance_order": 95
},
{
"id": "dcbf89f9-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
"name": "Potsdam",
"is_train": false,
"legacy_id": 2855,
"importance_order": 100
}
],
"legacy_id": 641,
"country_code": "DE",
"subdivision_code": null,
"has_train_station": true,
"timezone_offset_seconds": 7200
}
]
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "city_autocomplete"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A required query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"query": [
"A search text is required, e.g. berlin."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Service Unavailable
FlixBus could not be reached or answered with an unexpected shape. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "city_autocomplete"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The FlixBus API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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