Credentials

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Access to the Trino database will be granted provided you meet the conditions defined by The OpenSky Network. Please create an account on https://trino.opensky-network.org, and then apply at https://opensky-network.org/data/apply with your Trino username to request for activation.

The first time you use the library, a configuration file named settings.conf is created, including the following content:

[default]
username =
password =

If you use the same login for the OpenSky website (therefore the REST API) and for Trino (it will be unified one day), just fill it here.

You will identify the folder where the settings.conf file is located:

from pyopensky.config import opensky_config_dir

print(opensky_config_dir)

If you want to specify different credentials for the REST API and for the Trino database, use the following sections in the configuration file.

[opensky]  # REST API
username =
password =

[trino]  # Trino database
username =
password =

If these sections are commented, the library will use the credentials from the [default] section.

If no username and password are specified in the pyopensky configuration file, the following steps are performed in order:

try to get the credentials from the traffic configuration file;
get the credentials from $OPENSKY_USERNAME and $OPENSKY_PASSWORD environment variables;
open a browser and log in on a dedicated webpage.