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Laravel OpenSky Package

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A Laravel package for easy integration with the OpenSky Network API. This package provides a simple and elegant way to access real-time and historical aviation data.

Note: This package is for research and non-commercial purposes only, as per OpenSky Network's terms of use. For commercial usage, contact OpenSky Network directly.

Features

Requirements

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

The package will automatically register its service provider in Laravel 9+.

Optionally, publish the configuration file to customize cache settings, timeouts, or other options:

Note: Publishing the config is optional. The package works with default settings using only environment variables.

Configuration

Add your OpenSky credentials to your .env file. OpenSky supports two authentication methods:

Option 1: OAuth2 Client Credentials (Recommended)

Option 2: Legacy Basic Authentication (Being Deprecated)

Note: For new accounts created after March 2025, you must use OAuth2. Legacy basic authentication only works for older accounts.

Authentication Methods

The OpenSky Network API supports two authentication methods:

1. OAuth2 Client Credentials Flow (Recommended)

This is the modern, secure authentication method required for all new accounts created after March 2025:

  1. Log in to your OpenSky account at https://opensky-network.org/
  2. Visit the Account page and create a new API client
  3. Retrieve your client_id and client_secret
  4. Add them to your .env file:

2. Legacy Basic Authentication (Being Deprecated)

This method uses your OpenSky username and password directly. It only works for legacy accounts created before March 2025:

Important Notes:

Anonymous Access

Some endpoints work without authentication but have stricter rate limits:

Licensing and Terms of Use

This package respects OpenSky Network's terms of use:

For commercial usage or higher rate limits, contact OpenSky Network directly at https://opensky-network.org/

Usage

Basic Usage with Facade

Dependency Injection

Available Methods

State Vectors

Flights

Tracks

Data Transfer Objects

The package returns strongly typed DTOs for all API responses:

StateVectorResponse

FlightResponse

TrackResponse

Examples

Real-time Flight Tracking

Airport Traffic Analysis

Aircraft Route Tracking

Configuration Options

After publishing the config file (php artisan vendor:publish --tag=opensky-config), you can customize these settings in config/opensky.php:

Rate Limiting

The OpenSky API has different rate limits based on API credits:

Credit usage varies by request:

The package respects these limits and provides caching to reduce API calls.

Error Handling

The package throws OpenSkyException for API errors:

Testing

This package uses Pest for testing:

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

OAuth Token Caching

When using OAuth2 authentication, the package automatically caches access tokens to improve performance:

This means you won't need to authenticate on every API call, significantly improving performance for applications making frequent requests.

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Requires php Version ^8.1
illuminate/support Version ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
illuminate/http Version ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
guzzlehttp/guzzle Version ^7.0
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