Lyft

Types of rides

GET

/ridetypes

Public

The ride types endpoint returns information about what kinds of Lyft rides you can request at a given location.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.lyft.com/v1/ridetypes?lat=&lng='

Response Example

200 - Example 1

{
  "ride_types": [
    {
      "ride_types": [
        {
          "display_name": "Lyft Line",
          "image_url": "https://cdn.lyft.com/assets/car_standard.png",
          "pricing_details": {
            "base_charge": 200,
            "cancel_penalty_amount": 500,
            "cost_minimum": 475,
            "cost_per_mile": 115,
            "cost_per_minute": 23,
            "currency": "USD",
            "trust_and_service": 155
          },
          "ride_type": "lyft_line",
          "seats": 2
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Lyft",
          "image_url": "https://cdn.lyft.com/assets/car_standard.png",
          "pricing_details": {
            "base_charge": 200,
            "cancel_penalty_amount": 500,
            "cost_minimum": 500,
            "cost_per_mile": 115,
            "cost_per_minute": 23,
            "currency": "USD",
            "trust_and_service": 155
          },
          "ride_type": "lyft",
          "seats": 4
        },
        {
          "display_name": "Lyft Plus",
          "image_url": "https://cdn.lyft.com/assets/car_plus.png",
          "pricing_details": {
            "base_charge": 300,
            "cancel_penalty_amount": 500,
            "cost_minimum": 700,
            "cost_per_mile": 200,
            "cost_per_minute": 30,
            "currency": "USD",
            "trust_and_service": 155
          },
          "ride_type": "lyft_plus",
          "seats": 6
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Request

Query Params

lat

number

required

Latitude of a location

lng

number

required

Longitude of a location

ride_type

string

optional

ID of a ride type

Responses

🟢200An object with an array of available Ride Types for the given location

application/json

Body

ride_types

array[object (RideType) {6}]

optional

display_name

string

optional

A human readable description of the ride type

image_url

string

optional

The URL of an image representing this ride type

pricing_details

object (PricingDetails)

optional

Example:

{"base_charge":175,"cancel_penalty_amount":500,"cost_minumum":500,"cost_per_mile":116,"cost_per_minute":23,"currency":"USD","trust_and_service":155}

ride_type

enum<string>

optional

The ID of the ride type

Allowed values:

lyftlyft_linelyft_pluslyft_premierlyft_luxlyft_luxsuv

scheduled_pricing_details

object (PricingDetails)

optional

Example:

{"base_charge":175,"cancel_penalty_amount":500,"cost_minumum":500,"cost_per_mile":116,"cost_per_minute":23,"currency":"USD","trust_and_service":155}

seats

integer

optional

The maximum number of seats available for rides requested with this ride type

🟠400A validation error occurred

Modified at 2023-08-15 05:38:33

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