fa_api.py

#
# fa_api.py
#
# Sergiusz Paprzycki <serek@walcz.net>
#

import traceback

import requests


def FlightInfo(ident, username, apiKey, verbose=0, results=10):
    try:
        fxmlUrl = "https://flightxml.flightaware.com/json/FlightXML3/"
        ident = ident.strip()
        payload = {"ident": ident, "howMany": results}
        response = requests.get(
            fxmlUrl + "FlightInfoStatus", params=payload, auth=(username, apiKey)
        )
        output = dict()
        if response.status_code == 402:
            print(response.text)
            return False
        if response.status_code == 200:
            decodedResponse = response.json()
            print(decodedResponse)
            if "FlightInfoStatusResult" not in decodedResponse:
                return False
            for flight in decodedResponse["FlightInfoStatusResult"]["flights"]:
                if "status" not in flight:
                    continue
                if (
                    flight["status"].startswith("On") or flight["status"].startswith("En") or flight["status"].startswith("In")
                ):
                    output = {
                        "orig_name": flight["origin"]["airport_name"],
                        "orig_city": flight["origin"]["city"],
                        "orig_alt": flight["origin"]["alternate_ident"],
                        "orig_code": flight["origin"]["code"],
                        "dest_name": flight["destination"]["airport_name"],
                        "dest_city": flight["destination"]["city"],
                        "dest_alt": flight["destination"]["alternate_ident"],
                        "dest_code": flight["destination"]["code"],
                    }
                    break
            if verbose:
                return decodedResponse
            else:
                return output
        else:
            print("FA API status code: {}".format(response.status_code))
            print(response.text)
            return False
    except Exception:
        print("exception in fa_api.FlightInfo():")
        traceback.print_exc()
        return False