This project offers a REST API to get information on:

• Airports
• Navaid

It currently relies on https://www.github.com/davidmegginson/ourairports-data . Data is refreshed every 24h.

There is no garantee that the provided data is in any way conform to the latest AIRAC cycle.

This data MUST NOT be used to plan real life flights.

• HOST : host the http server is listening to. Default is 127.0.0.1
• PORT : port the http server is listening to. Default is 8080
• TOKEN_LIST : a comma separated list of accepted connexion tokens for security purpose. Token muse be provided as navaid_auth_token. If not set, token verification is bypassed
• DATABASE_PATH : the path to SQLite database. Defaut is :memory, which means not persistent

• GET /airport?search={query} : look for an airport based on query string. Answer first 100 results
• GET /airport/{icao} : look for an airport based on its ICAO code
• GET /navaid?search={query} : look for a navaid (VOR, DME, ADF...) based on query string. Answer first 100 results
• GET /navaid/{icao} : look for an navaid based on its ICAO code

Config files must be given for docker as /config/config.yaml.

Format is:

http:
  host: 127.0.0.1
  port: 8080
security:
  auth_tokens:
    - aaaa
    - bbbb
    - cccc
database:
  backend : MONGODB # can be either SQLITE or MONGODB
  path : mongodb://localhost:27017 # Mongo URI if mongo (mandatory. Path to sqlite file if sqlite. If sqlite and no path, memory is used