id: index title: Introduction meta: Reference for the Infinite Flight Live and Connect APIs #

Developer Reference #

Guide Version: 22.8.0 #

Infinite Flight offers two APIs for developers to interact with our platform and this section provides documentation and reference guides for these APIs.

Infinite Flight Live API #

The Live API is our HTTP API used for requesting data from Infinite Flight. Current features include:

• List available servers for pilots and ATC in-game.
• List active flights for each server.
• List active ATC for each server.
• Retrieve flight plans for each flight.
• Retrieve stats for each user.

An API key is required and can be requested via email to hello@infiniteflight.com. See the overview for documentation.

Infinite Flight Connect API #

The Connect API is our local TCP API used for interacting with Infinite Flight devices running on the local network.

• Send commands to control aircraft systems or the simulator.
• Retrieve data about the simulation, including aircraft state, ATC instructions and more.

No API key is required. Documentation is available here.

OpenTrack API #

OpenTrack is an application dedicated to tracking user’s head movements and relaying the information to games and flight simulation software. Infinite Flight implements a simple API to support OpenTrack, with documentation available here.

Which one should I use? #

If you’re building a tool to view data from Live across a server, use the Live API. Example uses include:

• Flight Trackers
• ATC Status Websites
• Showing user stats (grade, violations, etc.)
• Viewing a Flight Plan

If you’re building a tool to interact with the simulator, use the Connect API. Example uses include:

• Moving Map (like ForeFlight)
• Local Traffic Viewer
• Auto Checklist
• Auto Heading/Altitude updater when an ATC instruction is received

If you’re building a head-tracking or other camera application, use the OpenTrack API. Example uses include:

• Head tracking to move camera
• Auto-align camera for different stages of flight
• Other camera-central applications