clkao/flightit

javascript api for seat availability data from flightstats

flightit

A command line tool (and JavaScript library) for querying seat availability from flightstats.com

Usage

% npm i
% npm run build

# query flight from TPE to SCL on 2014-04-15
% ./bin/flightit --queryDate 2014-04-15 TPE SCL
15APR CI51   TPE(11:00 PM/2300) SYD(10:15 AM/0115) J2 C1 D0
16APR QF27   SYD(11:25 AM/1125) SCL(11:05 AM/0205) J9 C9 D9 I8 U0
16APR LA806  SYD(11:25 AM/1125) SCL(11:05 AM/0205) J7 D4 I3 R0
15APR CI8    TPE(11:50 PM/2350) LAX( 8:35 PM/1135) J4 C4 D4
...

# multiple dates
./bin/flightit --queryDate 2014-04-15 --queryDate 2014-04-16 TPE SCL

# output json
./bin/flightit --queryDate 2014-04-15 TPE LHR --json

# poorman's monitor for I class on LA flights from SYD to SCL
% while true;  do (date && ./bin/flightit --queryDate 2014-04-26 --queryDate 2014-04-27 SYD SCL) | tee -a output.log; sleep 300; done
% tail -f output.log |grep --line-buffered ' LA.* I[1-9]' | sed -l 's/.*/"&"/'  | xargs -L1 terminal-notifier -title 'flightit' -sound default -message

License

MIT