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

Pickup ETAs

The user's general info