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iansltx/flightaware-php-client
==============================

A curl-based API client for FlightAware's FlightXML v2 API

v0.2(8y ago)21.1k↓33.3%2MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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flightaware-php-client
======================

[](#flightaware-php-client)

This class allows for quick interaction with a (small) subset of FlightAware's FlightXML REST API. See  for more information.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

1. PHP 5.5+
2. curl
3. A FlightAware API account

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this library via Composer:

```
composer require iansltx/flightaware-php-client
```

Or download the repo and require FlightAwareClient.php.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First, instantiate the client class as follows:

```
$faClient = new iansltx\FlightAwareClient\Client('username', 'api_key');
```

The following methods are available; all return unwrapped result arrays:

```
$inFlightInfo = $faClient->inFlightInfo($ident); // reformats waypoints with distinct latitude and longitude array keys
$flightInfoEx = $faClient->flightInfoEx($ident, $how_many, $offset);
$flightId = $faClient->getFlightId($ident, $departure_time);
$historicalTrack = $faClient->getHistoricalTrack($flight_id);
$lastTrack = $faClient->getLastTrack($ident);
$endpoint = $faClient->registerAlertEndpoint($url,$format);
$getAlertResults = $faClient->getAlerts()
$newAlertID = $faClient->setAlert($alert_id, $ident, $origin, $destination, $aircrafttype, $date_start, $date_end, $channels, $enablede, $max_weekly);
$foo = $faClient->deleteAlert($alert_id);
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions/PRs are welcomed. This code is MIT licensed.

Other Notes
-----------

[](#other-notes)

This library was originally built for use in .

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3235d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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