aviation-stack-api

Getting Started with Aviationstack

Introduction

AviationStack API provides real-time and historical aviation data including flights, airports, airlines, and more. This API allows you to access comprehensive aviation information for various use cases.

Install the Package

The package is compatible with Python versions 3.7+. Install the package from PyPi using the following pip command:

pip install aviation-stack-api==1.0.0

You can also view the package at: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/aviation-stack-api/1.0.0

Initialize the API Client

Note: Documentation for the client can be found here.

The following parameters are configurable for the API Client:

Parameter	Type	Description
http_client_instance	HttpClient	The Http Client passed from the sdk user for making requests
override_http_client_configuration	bool	The value which determines to override properties of the passed Http Client from the sdk user
http_call_back	HttpCallBack	The callback value that is invoked before and after an HTTP call is made to an endpoint
timeout	float	The value to use for connection timeout. Default: 60
max_retries	int	The number of times to retry an endpoint call if it fails. Default: 0
backoff_factor	float	A backoff factor to apply between attempts after the second try. Default: 2
retry_statuses	Array of int	The http statuses on which retry is to be done. Default: [408, 413, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504, 521, 522, 524]
retry_methods	Array of string	The http methods on which retry is to be done. Default: ['GET', 'PUT']
custom_query_authentication_credentials	CustomQueryAuthenticationCredentials	The credential object for Custom Query Parameter

The API client can be initialized as follows:

from aviationstack.aviationstack_client import AviationstackClient
from aviationstack.configuration import Environment
from aviationstack.http.auth.custom_query_authentication import CustomQueryAuthenticationCredentials

client = AviationstackClient(
    custom_query_authentication_credentials=CustomQueryAuthenticationCredentials(
        access_key='access_key'
    ),
    environment=Environment.PRODUCTION
)

Authorization

This API uses the following authentication schemes.

• ApiKeyAuth (Custom Query Parameter)

List of APIs

• Aircraft Types
• Flight Schedules
• Flight Future Schedules
• Flights
• Routes
• Airports
• Airlines
• Airplanes
• Taxes
• Cities
• Countries

SDK Infrastructure

HTTP

• HttpResponse
• HttpRequest

Utilities

• ApiHelper
• HttpDateTime
• RFC3339DateTime
• UnixDateTime