Dispatching to Simbrief

SimBrief API
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Once I created, I am going to fetch the ofp. Directing to create but getting “Fatal Exception:Missing Parameters!” error.

I am not even sure if I can express my problem correctly with “coder” words :slight_smile:

<!-- Dispatch to SimBrief -->
<script>
    function dispatchToSimBrief() {
        let userid = "{{ user.simbrief_id }}";
        let static_id = "{{ user.static_id }}";
        let origin = "{{ departure_airport.icao }}";
        let destination = "{{ arrival_airport.icao }}";
        let type = "{{ selected_aircraft.internal_id }}";  
        let fltnum = "{{ flight_number }}";
        let callsign = "{{ callsign }}";
        let api_key = MY_API_KEY;  
        let units = "KGS";
        let airline = "INK"; 
    
        console.log("DEBUG: Checking Parameters Before Dispatch");
        console.log("UserID:", userid);
        console.log("Static ID:", static_id);
        console.log("Origin:", origin);
        console.log("Destination:", destination);
        console.log("Type (Internal ID):", type);
        console.log("Flight Number:", fltnum);
        console.log("Callsign:", callsign);
        console.log("API Key:", api_key);
        console.log("Airline:", airline);
    
        if (!userid || !static_id || !origin || !destination || !type || !fltnum || !callsign) {
            alert("Error: Missing required parameters. Please check your flight details.");
            return;
        }
        let simbriefURL = `https://www.simbrief.com/ofp/ofp.loader.api.php?airline=${airline}&userid=${userid}&static_id=${static_id}&orig=${origin}&dest=${destination}&type=${type}&fltnum=${fltnum}&callsign=${callsign}&units=KGS`;
    
        console.log("SimBrief Dispatch URL:", simbriefURL);
        window.open(simbriefURL, "_blank");  
    }
    </script>
    <div class="center-align" style="margin-top: 20px;">
        <button class="btn orange darken-2" onclick="dispatchToSimBrief();">
            Dispatch to SimBrief
        </button>
    </div>
    <!-- Dispatch to SimBrief Ended -->

Checked on console and URL, they are all correct. But not sure all are necessary. Actualy my concerns are: orig, dest, type, fltnum,callsign

Above codes may be nonsense, but this is how 50yrs old noob coding guy asks :slight_smile:
Thanks for your help in advance.

2

Hi, you will need to pass the following additional parameters to the SimBrief URL:

timestamp = { current_unix_time }

outputpage = { redirect_url }

apicode = md5( { api_key } + { origin } + { destination } + { type } + { timestamp } + { outputpage } )

To clarify, the outputpage should be the URL on your website that you will view the resulting SimBrief flight plan. For example https://www.example.com/view_simbrief.php.

timestamp should be equal to the current Unix time.

apicode is an md5 hash of a concatenated string as described above. This hashes your API key so that it can be verified without having to send the actual key in the URL.

Best regards,

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It was like you touched it with your magic wand. I’ve been trying to figure this out for days, and I started to think it was because of Django. Thank you very much indeed. :slight_smile: