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Project - Transtats API

The United State Bureau of Transportation Statistics provides an API that developers can use to query flight data for their projects.

Project Overview

In this project we want get a list of flights going from one airport to another. We'll use the United State Bureau of Transportation Statistics API to receive flight data, parse the data, and then get a list of flights that go from one airport to another.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

You'll need to install:

Data Files

  • airport_and_carrier.html - HTML File of Airports and Carriers
  • fl-atl.html - HTML file of flights from Florida to Atlanta
  • virgin_and_logan_airport.html - HTML file of Virgin flights from Logan Airport

Scripts

  • airports.py - Provides a list of aiport codes available through the API
  • carriers.py - Provides a list of airline carrier codes available through the API
  • transtats_api.py - Returns an html file of all flights out an aiport on a specific carrier
  • flights.py - Outputs a CSV of flights from one aiport to another

Output Files:

  • airports.csv - A CSV file of Airports
  • carriers.csv - A CSV file of Carriers
  • view_state.txt - API field needed to query transtats API
  • event_validation.txt - API field needed to query transtats API
  • fights.csv - A CSV file of flights from one airport to another

Authors

License

Creative Commons License

Acknowledgments