FR24::Bot

This module comes with some utilities to run a Telegram Bot that interacts with flight data from the Flightradar24 antenna.

It can be installed in the same device (usually a Raspberry Pi) where the Flightradar24 antenna is running, or in another server which is able to connect to the Flightradar24 antenna webpage. For this reason, it mostly parses data from the webserver, but it has been mostly tested in the same device.

Installing the Module

Use CPAN or cpanm to install the module:

cpanm FR24::Bot

Setting Up the Module

You will need a configuration file to run the bot. The default location is:

~/.config/fr24-bot.ini

The configuration file is an INI file with the following sections:

[telegram]
apikey=7908487915:AEEQFftvQtEbavBGcB81iF1cF2koliWFxJE

[server]
port=8080
ip=localhost

[users]
everyone=1

To create it you can run the following command:

config-fr24-bot [-a API_KEY] [-i IP] [-p PORT]

If you don't specify the -a option or the -i options, the script will ask you to provide them interactively. Running the Bot

The main program is fr24bot. You can run it with the following options:

fr24-bot [-a API_KEY] [-i IP] [-p PORT] [-c CONFIG_FILE] [-v] [-d]