Are you a virtual pilot in India who uses VATSIM (Virtual Airline Traffic Simulation) network? The VATSIM India VAA ATC Bot is a handy tool that can help you stay informed about the availability of air traffic controllers (ATCs) at virtual airports.
Here's how it works:
The bot likely monitors the VATSIM network for ATC activity within the Indian Virtual Area (VAA). When a controller signs on to manage a specific virtual airport, the bot might send out notifications to pilots indicating the controller's availability. This allows you to plan your virtual flights efficiently, knowing when you'll have ATC guidance during takeoff, landing, and while navigating virtual airspace. Overall, the VATSIM India VAAC ATC Bot acts as a helpful communication bridge between virtual pilots and controllers, ensuring a more organized and realistic virtual air traffic control experience.
Run Instructions
Before running project you need:
Step 1: Install Node.js and npm Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that you can use to run JavaScript on your computer, and npm is a package manager that makes it easy to install JavaScript libraries. You can download Node.js and npm from this link: https://nodejs.org/.
Step 2: Create Your Bot on the Discord Developer Portal Go to the Discord Developer Portal (https://discord.com/developers/applications) and create a new application. You can name it whatever you want. After creating the application, go to the Bot tab and click "Add Bot". This will create a new bot for your application.
Step 3: Get Your Bot Token Under the bot settings, you'll see a token. This is what your bot uses to log into Discord. Keep it safe and never share it with anyone. You can copy this token and use it in your code.
Step 4: Invite Your Bot to Your Server In the OAuth2 tab, you can create a URL to invite your bot to your server. Choose "bot" under "scopes" and then under "Bot Permissions" choose the permissions your bot needs and then copy the generated URL. Open the URL in your web browser to add your bot to a server you have admin access to.
- Clone the project
- Replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN with Bot token.
- Replace YOUR_CHANNEL_ID with you Discord Channel ID
- Save and Run :-)
Note: Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token and 'YOUR_CHANNEL_ID' with the ID of the channel where you want the bot to send messages.
This bot will check the API every 10 seconds and send a message when a controller with a callsign starting with 'EG' comes online or goes offline. It uses an object to keep track of the online state of each controller.