CarpoolWorld Quick search RSS

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Retrieve a list of trips for an origin / destination or both.

Resource information

https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?RSS=GO

Request/Response Format

XML

HTTP Methods

GET

Resource description

The CarpoolWorld Quick search RSS - is used to retrieve a list of trips for an origin / destination or both.
Use GET https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?RSS=GO

Resource URL

https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?RSS=GO&insert_other_parameters_as_defined_below

Parameters

rh optional	Radius to include matches that are in a radius distance from origin. Decimal ex: 0.300 is 30km from origin see example radius
rw optional	Radius to include matches that are in a radius distance from destination. Decimal ex: 0.300 is 30km from destination see example radius
form_car optional	Include other travelers that are D=Driver only P=Passenger only B=Either
olat optional	Origin latitude
olon optional	Origin longitude
dlat optional	Destination latitude
dlon optional	Destination longitude

Example request

(Shows latest trips from Jersey City to New York City)

Responses

The response is formatted as follows

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">
<channel>
<title>Carpool Jersey City - New York Rideshare New Jersey</title>
<description>Carpool Jersey City - New York Rideshare New Jersey</description>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com</link>
<atom:link href="https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool_.html?RSS=GO&olat=40.7281575&olon=-74.0776417&lat=40.7143528&lon=-74.0059731&home_street=&hf=Jersey City&hp=NJ&hz=&hc=USA,US&rh=0.1&to=New York&ws=&wz=&wc=USA,US&rw=0.1&en=&nh=&event=" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<language>en-us</language>
<ttl>5</ttl>
<image>
<title>Carpool Jersey City - New York Rideshare New Jersey</title>
<width>135</width>
<height>30</height>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com</link>
<url>https://www.carpoolworld.com/images/LOGO/carpoolworld_car_150.jpg</url>
</image>

<item>
<title>Carpool needed Hopewell Junction Area Or Around To: Hopewell Junction Area (NY) New York (USA) United States </title>
<description>
Passenger
Non-Smoker
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  8:45am - 5:15pmDaily ride to and from work
</description>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?hf=Hopewell+Junction+Area+Or+Around&hp=NY&hz=&hc=USA,US&to=Hopewell+Junction+Area&ws=NY&wz=&wc=USA,US&olat=40.7143528&olon=-74.0059731&lat=40.7143528&lon=-74.0059731</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?trid=225604</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:36:42 EDT</pubDate>
<georss:line>40.7143528 -74.0059731 40.7143528 -74.0059731</georss:line>
</item>
<item>
<title>Carpool Lyndhurst (NJ) New Jersey 07071 To: New York (NY) New York (USA) United States </title>
<description>
Driver or passenger
♂ Male
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  7:15am - 5pm
</description>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?hf=Lyndhurst&hp=NJ&hz=07071&hc=USA,US&to=New+York&ws=NY&wz=&wc=USA,US&olat=40.8052681&olon=-74.1273111&lat=40.7190240&lon=-73.9964966</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?trid=224349</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:36:42 EDT</pubDate>
<georss:line>40.8052681 -74.1273111 40.7190240 -73.9964966</georss:line>
</item>
<item>
<title>Carpool offer Jersey City (NJ) New Jersey 07302 To: New York (NY) New York 11217 (USA) United States </title>
<description>
Driver
♂ Male Non-Smoker
Sun  1pm - 5pmI go to Brooklyn Boulders on Sundays, looking for 2-3 people to make advantage of E-ZPass carpool - I pay less if I have passengers, you don't pay anything, win-win.
</description>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?hf=Jersey+City&hp=NJ&hz=07302&hc=USA,US&to=New+York&ws=NY&wz=11217&wc=USA,US&olat=40.7180720&olon=-74.0501220&lat=40.6795775&lon=-73.9842314</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?trid=224093</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:36:42 EDT</pubDate>
<georss:line>40.7180720 -74.0501220 40.6795775 -73.9842314</georss:line>
</item>
<item>
<title>Carpool Secaucus (NJ) New Jersey 07094 To: New York (NY) New York 10017 (USA) United States </title>
<description>
Driver or passenger
♂ Male Non-Smoker
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  7:30am - 4:30pm
</description>
<link>https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?hf=Secaucus&hp=NJ&hz=07094&hc=USA,US&to=New+York&ws=NY&wz=10017&wc=USA,US&olat=40.7874718&olon=-74.0429593&lat=40.7528090&lon=-73.9792881</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool.html?trid=213412</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:36:42 EDT</pubDate>
<georss:line>40.7874718 -74.0429593 40.7528090 -73.9792881</georss:line>
</item></channel>
</rss>

List of example radius

Radius value	Radius value in KM	Radius value in Miles
0.003	0.3	0.2
0.005	0.5	0.3
0.01	1	1
0.03	3	2
0.05	5	3
0.07	7	4
0.1	10	6
0.2	20	12
0.3	30	19
0.4	40	25
0.5	50	31
0.6	60	37
0.7	70	43
0.8	80	50
0.9	90	56
1	100	62
2	200	124
3	300	186
4	400	249
5	500	311
6	600	373
7	700	435
8	800	497
9	900	559