MMM-Flights

[wswenson]

I would like to see a configuration option to filter out non-commercial flights. I played around with this code segment and think it could be done with some minor logic added for a configuration option of onlyCommercial (or something like that). I live in an area where there is a high concentration of private planes as well, and generally I am mostly interested in the commercial flights.

I tried to open an issue in Gitlabs, but wants me to create an account and pay for membership and such.

Thanks for the module!

 async makeFlightArray(configPayload) {
      let flights = [];

      const prov = configPayload.provider.toLowerCase();
      if (this.providers.includes(prov)) {
        await require(`./provider/${prov}`).getData(
          configPayload,
          flights,
          this.airports,
          this.airlines,
          this.planes,
          this.setFlightData,
          this.fetchUrl
        );
      } else {
        Log.error(
          `${this.name}: Unknown provider  + ${configPayload.provider}`
        );
      }
	  
	  // Filter out flights with empty airline
      flights = flights.filter((flight) => flight.airline && flight.airline.trim() !== "");
	  
	  console.log(flights);
      return flights;
    },

[karsten13]

@wswenson said in MMM-Flights:

I tried to open an issue in Gitlabs, but wants me to create an account and pay for membership and such.

they are free see https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/

will look into the filter stuff …

[karsten13]

@wswenson said in MMM-Flights:

I would like to see a configuration option to filter

now implemented with this commit

Thanks for the suggestion!

[wswenson]

@karsten13 Very nice and thank you!

[noeknl]

Hi there,

Thanks for this great module!
Is it still working for other people? I can’t get flights to display on the map, eventhough they are definately there.

I’ve tried to change the provider from FR24 to readsb, but neither seems to work.
Am I overlooking something here? Thanks for the help.

{
  module: "MMM-Flights",
  position: "top_left",
  config: {
    laMin: 51.6,
    laMax: 51.0,
    loMin: 5.2,
    loMax: 6.2,
    provider: "readsb",
    providerUrl: "https://api.airplanes.live/v2/point"
  },
},

[karsten13]

@noeknl

works with both providers if you switch the content of your laMin/laMax values …

[noeknl]

@karsten13 Oh damn, that was pretty stupid. Thanks for your sharp eye!
It works now indeed!!

is it possible to locate the list of flights on the right of the map, so I can utilize landscape mode better?

[karsten13]

@noeknl said:

is it possible to locate the list of flights on the right of the map, so I can utilize landscape mode better?

pushed a new version which supports now 4 map positions top, bottom, left, right

[philpburns72]

Hello, can anyone tell me if there is a way to limit the number of results this returns?
Thanks
Phil

[karsten13]

@philpburns72 said:

if there is a way to limit the number of results this returns?

This feature doesn’t exist at the moment. However, I’ve noticed myself that during peak times, the list can get so long that it scrolls off the bottom of the screen.

The question is how to implement such a filter. One idea would be a maxPlanes property that displays only the n aircraft closest to your own position (both on the map and in the list). But perhaps you have a better suggestion?