vatsim/xml

A simple laravel package for retrieving data from public VATSIM XML Feeds.

VatsimXMLFeeds

The Vatsim Xmlfeeds package is a useful laravel 5 package for accessing data publically presented via VATSIMs XML feeds., _(*1)

Version

2.2 (Lumen Supported), _(*2)

Installation

Use Composer to install the VatsimXML and dependencies., _(*3)

$ composer require vatsim/xml 2.*

Laravel

Set up

Using VatsimXML in Laravel is made easy through the use of Service Providers. Add the service provider to your config/app.php file:, _(*4)

'providers' => array(
    // ...
    'Vatsim\Xml\XmlServiceProvider',
),

Followed by the alias:, _(*5)

'aliases' => array(
    // ...
    'VatsimXML'       => 'Vatsim\Xml\Facades\Xml',
),

Configuration file

You should not need to modify the default configuration file supplied by the package., _(*6)

Usage

Getting data

This lightweight package only has one main function: getData, _(*7)

If you don't specify a URL to use, you will be given basic user details., _(*8)

VatsimXML::getData(980234)

Other possible data requests are as follows., _(*9)

VatsimXML::getData(980234, "idstatusint") // Receive basic data, but with numeric ratings rather than verbose.
VatsimXML::getData(980234, "idstatusprat") // Receive the previous rating, for ADM, SUP or INS accounts.
VatsimXML::getData(980234, "idstatusrat") // Get the number of hours controlled at each rating level.