README

The IVAO data library is a very simple PHP class to download IVAO whazzup data.

IMPORTANT

This is work in progress! This is not the best code you will ever see. But it might help you. Good luck.

IVAO API Information

You can find more information on the IVAO API and the retrievval of the whazzup data in the IVAO wiki: IVAO WIKI auf.

Usage

1. Clone this repo or composer-require it git clone https://... or composer require chrishaensel/ivao-data
2. Create a new instance of the IVAO class $ivao = new \chrishaensel\Ivao("My app name v.1.1");
3. Download the data $ivao->downloadIvaoWhazzupData();

Options

When instantiating the Ivao class, you must pass your application's name as the first parameter. $ivao = new \chrishaensel\Ivao("My app name v1.1"), otherwise it will fail with an exception. IVAO requires you to pass your application name as User Agent string when downloading the data.

As second parameter, you can pass an array with other options. Currently, the only supported option is create_json. When set to 1, the library will create a JSON file of the ATC and PILOT data contained in the whazzupt.txt file.

When calling the downloadIvaoWhazzupData method, you can pass a parameter (string) with the target path / filename for the whazzup data. $ivao->downloadIvaoWhazzupData("my_whazzup.txt"") will cause the script to save the data in the file my_whazzup.txt.

IVAO Rules

IVAO does have some rules regarding the download of whazzup data.

Most importantly:

These files may only be obtained after an official clearance from the IVAO Development Operations Department!

• Always set your user agent to the name of your application, including the version.
• The whazzup file may only be downloaded once every 5 minutes.
• The status.txt file may only be downloaded once a day

IVAO-data does take care of the timing - you need to ask for permission :)

Some sample code

This way, you can use the Ivao class. We're using naspaces, so there won't be conflicts with other libraries you might use.

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
use chrishaensel\Ivao;

$options = [
    "create_json" => 1,
    "json_file" => "whazzup.json"
];

$ivao = new Ivao("My best app ever v1.1", $options);
$ivao->downloadIvaoWhazzupData("my_whazzup.txt");

Sample output of the JSON file

The whazzup data will be split in two parts within the JSON. "PILOT" and "ATC" - both are arrays of the connected parties.

{
  "PILOT": [
    {
      "callsign": "5RAED",
      "user": {
        "vid": "652248",
        "name": "652248",
        "rating": 3,
        "rating_decoded": "Flight Student (FS2)"
      },
      "client_type": "PILOT",
      "freq": "",
      "position": {
        "latitude": "-22.7559",
        "longitude": "47.8591",
        "altitude": "1929"
      },
      "flight_data": {
        "groundspeed": "179",
        "heading": "319",
        "on_ground": "0"
      },
      "flightplan": {
        "aircraft": "1\/M20P\/L-SDFGR\/C",
        "cruising_speed": "N0130",
        "origin": "FMSG",
        "cruising_level": "F080",
        "destination": "FMMI",
        "revision": "0",
        "flight_rules": "I",
        "dep_time": "1431",
        "actual_dep_time": "1431",
        "eet_hours": "2",
        "eet_minutes": "18",
        "endurance_hours": "4",
        "endurance_minutes": "25",
        "alternate_aerodrome": "FMMT",
        "remarks": "PBN\/D2 DOF\/210408 REG\/5RAED PER\/A RMK\/TCAS",
        "route": "FMSG FMSF FMME FMMA FMMI",
        "alternate_aerodrome2": "",
        "type_of_flight": "S",
        "persons_on_board": "2"
      },
      "server": "SHARD1",
      "protocol": "B",
      "combined_rating": "3",
      "transponder_code": "2000",
      "facility_type": "0",
      "visual_range": "50",
      "unused1": "",
      "unused2": "",
      "ATIS": "",
      "ATIS_time": "",
      "connection_time": "20210408140418",
      "connection_duration": "2:25:21",
      "software": {
        "name": "Altitude\/win",
        "version": "1.10.2b"
      },
      "plane": "1\/M20P\/L-SDFGR\/C"
    },
   },
   "ATC": [
   {
      "callsign": "EDDF_A_GND",
      "user": {
        "vid": "544029",
        "name": "544029",
        "rating": 4,
        "rating_decoded": "Advanced ATC Trainee - AS3"
      },
      "client_type": "ATC",
      "freq": "121.855",
      "position": {
        "latitude": "50.0333",
        "longitude": "8.57046",
        "altitude": "0"
      },
      "flight_data": {
        "groundspeed": "0",
        "heading": "",
        "on_ground": ""
      },
      "flightplan": {
        "aircraft": "",
        "cruising_speed": "",
        "origin": "",
        "cruising_level": "",
        "destination": "",
        "revision": "",
        "flight_rules": "",
        "dep_time": "",
        "actual_dep_time": "",
        "eet_hours": "",
        "eet_minutes": "",
        "endurance_hours": "",
        "endurance_minutes": "",
        "alternate_aerodrome": "",
        "remarks": "",
        "route": "",
        "alternate_aerodrome2": "",
        "type_of_flight": "",
        "persons_on_board": ""
      },
      "server": "SHARD3",
      "protocol": "B",
      "combined_rating": "4",
      "transponder_code": "0",
      "facility_type": "3",
      "visual_range": "10",
      "unused1": "",
      "unused2": "",
      "ATIS": "",
      "ATIS_time": "",
      "connection_time": "20210408141942",
      "connection_duration": "2:9:57",
      "software": {
        "name": "Aurora\/win",
        "version": "1.2.12b"
      },
      "plane": ""
    }
   ] 

Questions? Remarks?

• Contact me at chris@haensel.pro.
• Find my website at https://haensel.pro.