Routific Engine API
Route-Optimization-as-a-Service
Overview
- Next-generation Route Optimization software
- Taking advantage of Cloud Computing
- Easy integration through a RESTful JSON API
JSON
Today's standard data-interchange format
Used to communicate across systems, agnostic of programming language used
Used to communicate across systems, agnostic of programming language used
Refer to the documentation:
Examples
Assuming demo.json contains the example data from the previous slide, you may use any language of choice to send it to the Routific API.
The following example uses Node.js, but you can also use your language of preference to make HTTP requests (e.g. jQuery, PHP, Python, Go, Java, etc.)
node.js
Install Node.js (http://nodejs.org/download/)
npm install request (https://github.com/mikeal/request)
api Response
JSON response returning the optimized routes.
The results can be displayed on the front-end using Google Maps, Leaflet.js, or Mapbox.
Basic HTML and Javascript required, to build a simple dashboard.
The results can be displayed on the front-end using Google Maps, Leaflet.js, or Mapbox.
Basic HTML and Javascript required, to build a simple dashboard.
long-running tasks
The examples in the previous slide work well if the response-time is < 20 seconds (generally up to ~50 stops)
For larger requests, it is better to use long-running tasks.
Once the request is accepted, the API will return immediately with a job_id -- you may use this ID to fetch the solution later:
Please refer to the documentation here:
resources
Javascript basics:
Installing Node.js and using Request (simple HTTP client):
For plotting results, either Google Maps, or Mapbox:
support
For questions:
support@routific.com
API overview
By mck-
