https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/author/ancy-thomas/Articles written by Ancy Thomas on foojay.io - Friends of OpenJDKHugoen-usMon, 18 Nov 2024 08:46:31 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/crafting-your-own-railway-display-with-java/Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:46:31 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/crafting-your-own-railway-display-with-java/<p><strong>Have you fancied to have your own railway display at home? If you love traveling by public transport and always jump on the train just before the door closes like us, it&rsquo;s really cool and highly efficient to have your own personalized display.</strong></p> <p><img src="https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/crafting-your-own-railway-display-with-java/NS_display_2-scaled.jpg" alt="custom railway display showing the train timings" loading="lazy"> </p> <h3 id="h3-0-background"><strong>Background</strong></h3> <p>Without live data, this project could not work. Luckily, all the data we needed was publicly and freely available with Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) APIs. To access them, you only need to create an account in the <a href="https://apiportal.ns.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NS API Portal and subscribe to the APIs</a> you want to use.</p>