Live Flight Positions Example¶

This guide demonstrates how to retrieve live flight positions within a specified geographical area using the Flight Radar SDK.

Prerequisites¶

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

An API token from FlightRadar24.
The flight-radar library installed.

Step-by-Step Guide¶

Import necessary modules:

from flight_radar.factory import get_flight_radar_client
from flight_radar.models import LiveFlightPositionRequest

Set up your credentials:

Replace 'your_api_token_here' with your actual FlightRadar24 API token.
```
API_TOKEN = 'your_api_token_here'
BASE_URL = 'https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api'
```

Initialize the client:

Create an instance of the Flight Radar client.

service = get_flight_radar_client(
    base_url=BASE_URL,
    api_key=API_TOKEN,
)

Define the request parameters:

Specify the geographical boundaries for which you want to retrieve flight data. The bounds parameter is a tuple of four floats representing (latitude_north, latitude_south, longitude_west, longitude_east).
```
request = LiveFlightPositionRequest(bounds=(50.682, 46.218, 14.422, 22.243))
```

Fetch and print the data:

Call the get_live_flight_positions method with your request object. It’s good practice to wrap the call in a try...except block to handle potential errors.

try:
    response = service.get_live_flight_positions(request)
    print('Live Flight Positions:')
    print(response)
except Exception as e:
    print(f'Error: {e}')

Complete Example¶

Here is the complete code example:

from flight_radar.factory import get_flight_radar_client
from flight_radar.models import LiveFlightPositionRequest

# Define your API token and the endpoint URL
API_TOKEN = 'your_api_token_here'
BASE_URL = 'https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api'

# Create a flight radar service instance
service = get_flight_radar_client(
    base_url=BASE_URL,
    api_key=API_TOKEN,
)


# Define any request parameters
request = LiveFlightPositionRequest(bounds=(50.682, 46.218, 14.422, 22.243))


# Call the API to get the live flight positions
try:
    response = service.get_live_flight_positions(request)
    print('Live Flight Positions:')
    print(response)
except Exception as e:
    print(f'Error: {e}')