Ergast Developer API http://ergast.com/mrd Sun, 13 May 2012 17:52:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Database Image http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/04/24/database-image http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/04/24/database-image#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:16:14 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1329 Ergast is pleased to announce the publication of a complete image of the Ergast database. This is made available under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence and will be updated at the end of each season. The image allows you to create an exact copy of the MySQL database for your own purposes. Let us know what you do with it.

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/04/24/database-image/feed 3 Lap Time and Pit Stop data http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/03/03/lap-time-and-pit-stop-data http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/03/03/lap-time-and-pit-stop-data#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:32:04 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1288 Ergast is pleased to announce that Lap Time and Pit Stop data will be available throughout the 2012 season on an experimental basis – this means the data may not be available as quickly as race results and will not be subject to the same degree of manual checking due to the volume of information. See the new Lap Times and Pit Stops documentation pages for more details. The API also provides a complete set of this data for the 2011 season. Feedback on the new API methods and data validity would be very much appreciated.

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2012/03/03/lap-time-and-pit-stop-data/feed 3 JSONP support http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/08/04/jsonp-support http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/08/04/jsonp-support#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:06:43 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1161 Following a number of requests I’ve added JSONP as an alternative response format. This allows client-side applications to access the API without the restrictions of the same origin policy imposed by browsers.

JSONP is obtained by appending ".json" to URLs and a query parameter named "callback" which must specify a valid Javascript function name. For example:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/drivers.json?callback=myParser

Let me know if you find any problems or build something interesting with it!

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/08/04/jsonp-support/feed 0 Another 2011 Season Change http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/27/another-2011-season-change http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/27/another-2011-season-change#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:36:15 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1143 One other change this year which has not been documented is the removal of the “dob” attribute from the Driver element in the results and driver standings XML responses. The attribute is unnecessary because there is a DateOfBirth sub-element.

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/27/another-2011-season-change/feed 0 Fastest Lap Queries http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/18/fastest-lap-queries http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/18/fastest-lap-queries#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:46:46 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1114 It’s probably worth pointing out that, in addition to appearing in race results, fastest lap rankings can now be used as a parameter in all queries except Standings queries. For example, you can list all the drivers who achieved the fastest lap in a season using the following URL:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/2010/fastest/1/drivers

Or all races where a particular driver achieved the fastest lap:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/fastest/1/drivers/alonso/races

Fastest lap timings have now been added from the 2004 season onwards.

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/18/fastest-lap-queries/feed 0 2011 Season Changes http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/15/2011-season-changes http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/15/2011-season-changes#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:45:37 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1111 The changes for the 2011 season described earlier have been implemented and were introduced this evening. If you spot any problems please let me know. Barring any problems the API will now remain unchanged for the remainder of the year. Happy coding!

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/15/2011-season-changes/feed 1 2011 Season http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/12/2011-season http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/12/2011-season#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:10:38 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1098 This post is to confirm that the Ergast API will continue to provide F1 results throughout the 2011 season. The only technical change will be an updated schema that provides fastest lap times in race results. In addition, whitespace has been removed from JSON responses. These changes will be introduced in the API on 15th February. Initially, fastest lap times will only be available for the 2010 season but will then be introduced progressively for earlier years over the next month or so.

Hope to see some new apps ready for the 2011 season!

]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/02/12/2011-season/feed 0 Proposed Updates For 2011 http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/01/20/proposed-updates-for-2011 http://ergast.com/mrd/2011/01/20/proposed-updates-for-2011#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:45:39 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=1093 Some proposed changes to the API for 2011:

1) The race results response will be extended to include the fastest laps times for all drivers. The provisional documentation is here: http://ergast.com/mrd/results

2) The indentation and whitespace will be removed from JSON responses for efficiency reasons.

I’m about to start implementing these changes so any comments or suggestions you have would be very welcome.

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]]> http://ergast.com/mrd/2009/12/22/2010-season/feed 0 Application Gallery http://ergast.com/mrd/2009/03/14/gallery http://ergast.com/mrd/2009/03/14/gallery#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:56:38 +0000 Admin http://ergast.com/mrd/?p=945 Added an Application Gallery to showcase applications using the Ergast Developer API. If you would like to add your application or mashup to the gallery please contact us with details.

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