hbeni / fgfs-metar-proxy

FlightGear METAR web service with manual override functionality

fgfs-metar-proxy

FlightGear METAR web service with manual override functionality.

This webserver script will accept FlightGears METAR requests and proxy it to another provider.
URLs have the form [http-url]/[station], where "[station]" is filled by FlightGear with the nearest stadion ID.

Users can supply own METAR-strings by uploading more recent ones, using the upload site.

Install & Config

• Deploy the files somewhere on a webserver
• Optionally adjust the config.ini file

To try it out locally you can spawn a PHP interpreter instance easily: fgfs-metar-proxy$ php -S localhost:8080 -t .

Using the proxy

To use the proxy, you need to point FlightGear to its URL. Add this to your launcher:

--prop:/environment/realwx/metar-url=<yourServer>/[station]

Example: --prop:/environment/realwx/metar-url=http://localhost:8080/[station]

Uploading custom METAR strings

You can upload newer/custom METAR strings to the service. Those take precedence over the proxied ones (ie. override the proxied provider).

Just visit your servers deployed directory and add ?upload to the URL. Example: http://localhost:8080/?upload

Uploaded strings are not validated and passed to flightgear directly, so be sure the METAR is valid.
Uploaded strings will be invalidated after 4 hours automatically.