Reykjavik Swimming Pool API

Swimming is a big part of Icelandic culture. So much so that the city of Reykjavik has a website that shows you the current capacity at their swimming pools. If you inspect the webpage and dig deep enough, you can find the page where the API lives. There is no mention of how official this is, or if it is even open to use, but the JSON can be fetched via a simple GET request. The JSON is (currently) available here: https://rsconnect.reykjavik.is/gestafjoldi_api/nuna It is their only pool-related API endpoint and I’ve been told the numbers are not always ‘correct’. It’s the best we have, so take it with a grain of salt. Others have used this JSON and created an Apple Shortcut to fetch, parse and read out a pool’s attendance. You can read more at Pool People by Samer. There you can get the link to the shortcut. The downside is that your Siri voice will attempt to pronounce the Icelandic names in your language. As a fun little weekend project, we pieced together a bunch of code from…

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