How to obtain access key for ADSBExchange RapidAPI for use with AircraftScatterSharp
How to obtain access key for ADSBExchange RapidAPI for use with AircraftScatterSharp
To get an access key so that you can download aircraft in AircraftScatterSharp, follow the instructions below. Please note that if you use this ADSBExchange service, then you should also set up your own ADSB receiver so that you supply them with a feed of planes that are locally visible to you.
1. Create an account by clicking on "Sign Up" button in upper right corner of web page (I have sandwiched this between two red arrows in the image below, to make its location more obvious:
2. On the "Sign Up" page, enter your chosen username, email address, and password and click the "Sign Up" button. The "Sign Up" button will be grayed out until you enter the above information. Once you have done so, it will turn blue and then you can click it.
You will then be sent an email to the email address that you provided, with a 6-digit verification code.
3. Enter that code on the verification web page that pops up.
4. Answer the questions on the web page that pops up after you correctly enter the verification code and click "Submit" button. The "Submit" button will be grayed out until you enter the above information. Once you have done so, it will turn blue and then you can click it.
You will then be taken back to the RapidAPI aircraftscatter web page, the link from which you started above.
5. On the right side of that page is a section with the heading "Code Snippets". Contained in that code under the heading "Headers" is your ADSBExchange RapidAPI Key. Copy this key to a safe place NOW!
6. Just to the left of the "Code Snippits" heading is a blue button with the text "Subscribe to Test". Click on that button, and a page will pop up like the image below. Click on the blue "Subscribe" button under the "Recommended" and "Basic $0.00/mo" headings.
7. That will cause the following page to appear:
8. On this page, underneath the text "Subscription Created Succesfully", on the line with the text "Start using your API - API Documentation", click on the "API Documentation" link and you should be returned to the RapidAPI aircraftscatter webpage, at the URLhttps://rapidapi.com/adsbx/api/aircraftscatter/. Near the center of this page, just to the left of the "Code Snippits" header, is a blue button now labeled "Test Endpoint" as is shown in the image below. Click on this button:
9. After doing this, the area beneath the "Code Snippets" heading should say "200 Success" and look like the image below:
10. You can expand the listing by clicking on the arrowhead to the left of the text "{} 5 keys" and then the page should look like this:
11. If you click on the arrowhead to the left of the text "0: {} 48 keys" then the page should look similar to this:
12. If all of the above went well, you are now ready to add the ADSBExchange RapidAPI Key to AircraftScatterSharp. "Cut and paste" the key (without the quotes) into the textbox labeled "ADSB Exch Key" on the form that you open by clicking the "Options" button located in the upper left corner of the AircraftScatterSharp GUI and then clicking the "URLs/IPs" tab. Then click the "OK" button to close the Options form and save the information that you just entered.
13. Finally, please set up a receive station so that you can supply ADSBExchange with aircraft that are detectable at your location. You can find more details on how to do this at this ADSBExchange web page:
