aprs_tool/README.md
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# README
I got tired of APRS-IS websites not showing me all the paths that packets
take, only the shortest path to IS. So this is a Python 3 tool that turns
direwolf logs into a REST API in JSON format.
## Setup
1. Run direwolf with logging to CSV on by using `-l`. (`-L` not yet implemented).
1. Install requirements using `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
1. Set up database file with `python init_db.py`.
2. Run `app.py` with either a Python call or a real WSGI server.
You can use screen to detach the session.
- Default URL is http://127.0.0.1:5000
- Example `waitress` and `screen` scripts are included, see
- `api_waitress.py` and
- `start-aprs_api.sh`
3. Access the API from whatever other system you want.
## Endpoints:
-`/packets` - gives the most recent packets, with the fields from the Dire Wolf
User Guide.
Example of an object packet sent by W1CDN-1 and digipeated by K0UND-2:
```
{
"id": 1,
"addresse": null,
"alive": null,
"altitude": null,
"comment": "Leave a message to say hi!",
"course": null,
"created": "2023-04-16 15:04:03",
"format": "uncompressed",
"frame": null,
"from": "W1CDN-2",
"gpsfixstatus": null,
"latitude": 47.94133333333333,
"longitude": -97.02683333333333,
"mbits": null,
"messagecapable": 1,
"message_text": null,
"mtype": null,
"object_format": null,
"object_name": null,
"path": "['K0UND-2', 'WIDE2-2']",
"phg": null,
"phg_dir": null,
"phg_gain": null,
"phg_height": null,
"phg_power": null,
"phg_range": null,
"posambiguity": 0,
"raw": "W1CDN-2>APQTH1,K0UND-2,WIDE2-2:@150321h4756.48N/09701.61W-Leave a message to say hi!",
"raw_timestamp": "150321h",
"speed": null,
"station_call": "W1CDN-1",
"station_lat": 47.9415,
"station_lon": -97.027,
"status": null,
"symbol": "-",
"symbol_table": "/",
"telemetry": null,
"timestamp": 1681657401,
"to": "APQTH1",
"tEQNS": null,
"tPARM": null,
"tUNIT": null,
"via": "",
"weather": null,
"wx_raw_timestamp": null
}
```
# Contributing
If you want to contribute, please get in touch with me on Mastodon at
https://mastodon.radio/@W1CDN.