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REST API Authentication?
1 year 5 months ago - 1 year 5 months ago #2429
by DJDevon3
Replied by DJDevon3 on topic REST API Authentication?
I figured it out mostly from reading forum posts here. Would be lovely if you could add an example to the REST API documentation..
I've submitted 3 examples to Adafruit's adafruit_requests library examples for API integrations for OpenSky-Network.
Base64 Encoding the username:password string into the header is definitely required.
In this example "username:password" base64 encodes to IFVTRVJOQU1FOlBBU1NXT1JEIA==\n
This is Adafruit Circuit Python code so likely won't be a direct translation for python users. You can probably infer a lot if you're a regular python user. Now have OpenSky working on an ESP32-S3 using a simple GET request.
I've submitted 3 examples to Adafruit's adafruit_requests library examples for API integrations for OpenSky-Network.
Base64 Encoding the username:password string into the header is definitely required.
In this example "username:password" base64 encodes to IFVTRVJOQU1FOlBBU1NXT1JEIA==\n
Example API HEADER: {'Authorization': 'Basic IFVTRVJOQU1FOlBBU1NXT1JEIA==\\n'}
Example API GET URL: OpenSky base URL/api/states/all?icao24=7c6b2dosnu = "username"
osnp = "password"
transponder = "7c6b2d"
base_url = "insert opensky base url here"
osn_cred = str(osnu) + ":" + str(osnp)
bytes_to_encode = b" " + str(osn_cred) + " "
base64_string = (bytes_to_encode)
basepw = repr(base64_string)[2:-1]
osn_header = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str(basepw)}
OPENSKY_SOURCE = " (base_url)" + "icao24=" + transponder
opensky_response = requests(url=OPENSKY_SOURCE, headers=osn_header).json()
dump_object = (opensky_response)
print("JSON Dump: ", dump_object)
osn_flight = opensky_response["time"]
print("Current Unix Time: ", osn_flight)This is Adafruit Circuit Python code so likely won't be a direct translation for python users. You can probably infer a lot if you're a regular python user. Now have OpenSky working on an ESP32-S3 using a simple GET request.
1 year 5 months ago #2431
by DJDevon3
Replied by DJDevon3 on topic REST API Authentication?
Probably worth noting that the world of embedded systems on microcontrollers is growing. Kind of depends on what your idea of fringe is. 
The Adafruit discord server has 3K-4K active members online at any time, that's a broad audience worth catering to especially considering the technical sophistication of their average user.
The Adafruit discord server has 3K-4K active members online at any time, that's a broad audience worth catering to especially considering the technical sophistication of their average user.
