Get live data from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India. Information is being scraped from their official website

Also available as an npm package: npm install --save delhi-flight-live

Request Object

To retrieve flight information you must specify an object with the following properties (and values) :

1. type : "A" (arrival) or "D"(departure).
2. way: "I" (international) or "D" (domestic)
3. num : Flight Number (space allowed)
4. place : Place of arrival or departure (spaces allowed)

It's simple to use; the more properties you specify, the finer the data gets.

Response Object

The request returns a Promise. The data is a JS object with the following format:

[
  {
    "request": {
      "flight_number": "value of num in the request object sent",
      "flight_place": "value of place in the request object sent",
      "flight_type": "value of type in the request object sent",
      "flight_way": "value of way in the request object sent",
      "timestamp": "Timestanp of the moment when request was sent to the the airport",
      "url": "URL of the request sent to the the airport"
    },
    "response": [
      {
        "estimated_date": "Proposed date of arrival or departure",
        "estimated_time": "Proposed date of arrival or departure",
        "flight_no": "Flight Number 1",
        "place": "Source or Destination",
        "scheduled_date": "Scheduled date of arrival or departure",
        "scheduled_time": "Scheduled date of arrival or departure",
        "status": "Status of flight : On-time, Delayed",
        "terminal": "Terminal code",
        "via": "Stoppage airports"
      },
      {
        "estimated_date": "Proposed date of arrival or departure",
        "estimated_time": "Proposed date of arrival or departure",
        "flight_no": "Flight Number 2",
        "place": "Source or Destination",
        "scheduled_date": "Scheduled date of arrival or departure",
        "scheduled_time": "Scheduled date of arrival or departure",
        "status": "Status of flight : On-time, Delayed",
        "terminal": "Terminal code",
        "via": "Stoppage airports"
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
  ...
]

Examples

const delhiAirportLive = require("delhi-flight-live");

1. Fetching all arrivals

delhiAirportLive({ type: "A" })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

2. Fetching all domestic departures

delhiAirportLive({ type: "D", way: "D" })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

3. Fetching all arrivals from and departures to Bangkok

Promise.all([
  delhiAirportLive({ type: "A", place: "Bangkok" }),
  delhiAirportLive({ type: "D", place: "Bangkok" })
])
  .then(function(data) {
    let arrivals = data[0];
    let departures = data[1];
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

4. Fetching info about a particular flight

delhiAirportLive({ num: "D7 182" })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });