VATSIM Notify
DEPRECATED
VATSIM's Data Server has updated to a new version, and no longer supports the .txt feed (Which is a good thing!), meaning this will no longer work. I may update at some point to add GSON. Until then, this is officially unsupported as it will no longer work.
This project allows Discord to be able to recieve notifications when a controller logs into VATSIM.
Filtering is also supported, so you will only see alerts for specific airports/facilities.
Notice
This is not an API of any sort, I would highly recommend against using this in another application.
Most of this project is incomplete (specifically the Controller model). It works as it is, if you modify
it, it may not work the same or at all.
Configuration file
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| DISCORD_TOKEN | The Bot token you want the Discord bot to login with. |
| POSITION_OPEN_NOTIFICATION | The message you want to be sent when a controller connects to the VATSIM network |
| POSITION_CLOSED_NOTIFICATION | The message you want to be sent when a controller who was online goes offline (optional) |
| CLOSING_NOTIFICATIONS | Enable (by setting it to yes or no) controller logoff notifications. |
| POSITIONS | Positions you want the discord bot to announce (example for KMEM, use MEM) |
| FILTER_POSITIONS | Enable position filtering (yes or no) |
| TEXT_CHANNEL | The channel id of the channel you want the bot to use. |
| VATSIM_DATA_SOURCE | The VATSIM data server you want to use (status.vatsim.net for more info) |
Setup Tutorial:
You will need at Java 8 (or higher) for this to work.
Create a Bot "account" at https://discordapi.com (Google it if you don't know how).
Run the jar file (usually java -jar Filename.jar)
On the first run it will give you an error, but the configuration file will have generated.
Edit the config.properties file which was generated (add your Discord Token, and Text Channel)
You can learn more about the options above.
To get a Text Channel ID make sure you have "Developer mode" on Discord enabled, you can enable it
by going to Settings -> Appearance, and enabling Developer mode, then right click the channel you want to use
and click "Copy ID", put that in the TEXT_CHANNEL option in the config.properties file.
Now you can run the Bot.
You then need to add the Bot to your Discord server, you can look this up on Google, its not hard.