United Flight Stats - use on United Inflight Website

unitedFlightStats.js

/**
 *
 * % United Flight Stats %
 * Paste into your browser after loading the inflight website (https://unitedwifi.com)
 *
 */

// flight data API - used in the demo video
(function() {
  const flightdataUrl = "https://services.inflightpanasonic.aero/inflight/services/flightdata/v1/flightdata";

  let $indexHeader = $('#indexHeader');

  function generateFlightDataMessage(flightdata) {
      return "Alt: " + String(Number.parseInt(flightdata.td_id_fltdata_altitude))
                  + " \n Speed: " + String(Number.parseInt(flightdata.td_id_fltdata_ground_speed))
                  + " \n Distance: " + String(Number.parseFloat(flightdata.td_id_fltdata_distance_from_origin));
                  //+ " \n Distance: " + String(Number.parseInt(flightdata.td_id_fltdata_distance_to_destination));
  }

  function updateHeaderWithFlightData() {
      $.get(flightdataUrl)
          .then((data) => {
              $indexHeader.html(generateFlightDataMessage(data))
          })
  }

  setInterval(updateHeaderWithFlightData, 500);
})()

// Session data API - wouldn't work because of CORS objections (for the same domain)
// Function call not added to this, just keeping it here as demo code.
(function(){
  const sessiondataUrl = "https://www.unitedwifi.com/portal/r/getAllSessionData";

  const MILLISECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60*1000;

  function logMinutesRemaining(sessiondata) {
      let currentDate = new Date();
      let arrivalDate = new Date(sessiondata.flifo.estimatedArrivalTimeLocal);
      console.log('Minutes Remaining:', Math.floor((arrivalDate-currentDate)/MILLISECONDS_PER_MINUTE));
  }

  function pingAndLogMinutesRemaining() {
      $.get(sessiondataUrl).then(logMinutesRemaining);
  }

  setInterval(pingAndLogMinutesRemaining, 1000);
})