BenkoJet - a hacky adsbexchange jet tracker (+ future BenkoJet tweeter?) 🐦

benkojet.js

/***

    BenkoJet auto-tweet'er

    todo:
    - grab a user token from adsbexchange
    - implement twitter api
    - only tweet if last flight changed

    super cheap. salut 🫡

{
    registration: 'OE-IRB',
    icao: '440cbc',
    ac_type: 'GLEX',
    year: null,
    manufacturer: null,
    model: 'Bombardier BD700-Global 6000/6500',
    ownop: null,
    short_type: 'L2J',
    faafieldlength: 3667,
    aclength: 99.4,
    acheight: 25.5,
    wingspan: 94,
    range: 6226,
    burnrate: 513
}

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👨‍✈️ BenkoJet Bombardier BD700-Global 6000/6500 (OE-IRB) ist vor kurzem in 'Innsbruck Airport' gelandet 🥳!

    6:55:29 PM                                            7:36:32 PM
[Vienna International Airport] 🛫 ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ 0:41 ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ 🛬 [Innsbruck Airport] 

↔️ 401.884 km
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 */

class BenkoJet {
    constructor(icaoId) {
        this.icaoId = icaoId;
    }

    async icao() {
        const payload = {
            "user_token": "<auth-jwt>",
            "payload": {
                "icao": this.icaoId,
                "full_details": true
            }
        }

        const ret = await fetch("https://adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2/operations/icao", {
            "headers": { // make this look like a browser request
                "accept": "application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01",
                "accept-language": "en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8",
                "content-type": "application/json",
                "sec-ch-ua": "\"Google Chrome\";v=\"119\", \"Chromium\";v=\"119\", \"Not?A_Brand\";v=\"24\"",
                "sec-ch-ua-mobile": "?0",
                "sec-ch-ua-platform": "\"macOS\"",
                "sec-fetch-dest": "empty",
                "sec-fetch-mode": "cors",
                "sec-fetch-site": "same-site",
                "Referer": "https://globe.adsbexchange.com/",
                "Referrer-Policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
            },
            "body": JSON.stringify(payload),
            "method": "POST"
        });
        return await ret.json();
    }
}

async function main() {
    const benko = new BenkoJet("440cbc")

    // run the script 2 times a day
    const icao = await benko.icao();
    console.log(icao.aircraft_details)

    // store this as "latest.json"
    const latest = icao.items[0]

    // todo: check current icao.items against latest.json. 
    // todo: if has changed, tweet about it 🚀


    const message = `👨‍✈️ BenkoJet ${icao.aircraft_details.model} (${icao.aircraft_details.registration}) ist vor kurzem in '${latest.landing_name}' gelandet 🥳!
    
        ${new Date(latest.takeoff_time_epoch).toLocaleTimeString()}                                 ${new Date(latest.landing_time_epoch).toLocaleTimeString()}
    [${latest.takeoff_name}] 🛫 ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ ${latest.duration} ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ 🛬 [${latest.landing_name}] 
    
    ↔️ ${latest.distance * 1.85200} km
    `;

    // todo: tweet
    console.log(message)
    return;
}

main();