Ruby version of https://gist.github.com/gslin/cfc326728c1d4e73589e

README.md

FR24 to gpx

1. Go to Flightradar24 flights database and find your flight
2. Get URL like this: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/UA853/#38ae207
3. ./fr24togpx.rb 38ae207 > FILENAME.gpx
4. Check you output file using GPS Visualizer

fr24togpx.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

if ARGV.empty?
  puts "usage: ./fr24togpx.rb flight-id"
  exit
end

SMOOTH = 10
uri = URI.parse'http://api.fr24.com/api/common/v1/json-rpc/'

data = {
  jsonrpc: '2.0',
  method: 'Aircraft.doGetPlaybackSingle',
  params: [ARGV[0].hex],
  id: 1,
}
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
request.body = data.to_json

response = http.request(request)
points = JSON.parse(response.body)

puts <<-EOF
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <gpx>
  <trk>
  <name>fr24-to-gpx</name>
  <desc>fr24-to-gpx</desc>
  <trkseg>
EOF

last = []

points["result"]["data"]["track"].each do |p|
  unless last.empty?
    SMOOTH.times do |i|
      puts "<trkpt lat=\"#{(p[0].to_f * i + last[0].to_f * (SMOOTH - i)) / SMOOTH}\" lon=\"#{(p[1].to_f * i + last[1].to_f * (SMOOTH - i)) / SMOOTH}\"></trkpt>"
    end
  end

  puts "<trkpt lat=\"#{p[0]}\" lon=\"#{p[1]}\"></trkpt>"
  last = p
end

puts <<-EOF
  </trkseg>
  </trk>
  </gpx>
EOF

http://api.fr24.com/api/common/v1/json-rpc
403 - Forbidden....QQ