Flight Radar 24 node stopped working again

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Hi Everyone, since the last fix in July 2023 it has worked really well.
However something has changed again.
It's no longer collecting data and is failing with the error - SyntaxError: Unexpected token ':'
This started to happen in the last few days and is the same on two different installations.
I have no idea how to fix this, anyone able to help please?

Cheers.
Paul.

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#node-red-contrib-flightradar24 hasn't been updated in over 3 years and after looking at the GitHub issues page you will see that it looks like flightradar24 has made some changes.

There is a possible work around in one of the issues you can try.

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Hi zenofmud,
Thank you that link refers to a previous issue that I raised and was solved.
This is a new issue.

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This worked for me - Thank you @khassel

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Cheers
Fat Pilot!

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FWIW - both the ADSB.one - and adsb.fi sites now have a simple http API that returns a nice JSON object.

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Hi dceejay,

Thanks for that,

Those sites have a lot of infighting going on at the moment so I’ll stay clear until the dust settles.

My project is located at a gliding club and requires not only ADSB but also FLARM data.

I’m not sure whether the ADSB sites gather FLARM data. The FR24 node is excellent.

Regards.

Paul Woodcock.

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It would be nice if you explain the steps you took so anyone else wanting to use the node can get it working.

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I thought the dust had settled - reddit article

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Hi @zenofmud,
You are correct I will do that.
Cheers.
Paul.

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As suggested by @zenofmud here is what I did to resolve the issue.
I was directed to the post in the image below.

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I simply edited the file - /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/flightradar24-client/lib/radar.js

The following line is about 8 lines down from the top.
I changed the line - const endpoint = 'https://data-live.flightradar24.com/zones/fcgi/feed.js'
To be - const endpoint = 'https://data-cloud.flightradar24.com/zones/fcgi/feed.js'

Saved the file, started Node-Red and all done and working.

Thanks to khassel for his help.

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Hi dceejay,

Here is the squabble.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/16g3o9n/statement_from_adsbfi_regarding_the_recent/?rdt=48391

Regards.

Paul Woodcock.

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