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APRS Scraper

Retrieves data about a given vehicle using the aprs.fi API.

APRS, or Automatic Packet Reporting System, is a two-way real-time digital communications system between all vehicles in a network.

The script (script.py) will retrieve JSON data for a given call sign, and will store the JSON data into a text file (data.txt).

Functions

  • getData(CALL_SIGN): Reads the given call sign (such as "ARISS" for the ISS), and returns a requests response.
  • writeDataToFile(responseJSON): Takes in a requests JSON object, and writes the JSON data to a file.