How to scrape real time streaming data with Python?

Question

I was trying to scrape the number of flights for this webpage https://www.flightradar24.com/56.16,-49.51

The number is highlighted in the picture below:

The num

Answer 1

So based on what @Andre has found out, I wrote this code:

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import time

def get_count():
    url = "https://data-live.flightradar24.com/zones/fcgi/feed.js?bounds=59.09,52.64,-58.77,-47.71&faa=1&mlat=1&flarm=1&adsb=1&gnd=1&air=1&vehicles=1&estimated=1&maxage=7200&gliders=1&stats=1"

    # Request with fake header, otherwise you will get an 403 HTTP error
    r = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})

    # Parse the JSON
    data = r.json()
    counter = 0

    # Iterate over the elements to get the number of total flights
    for element in data["stats"]["total"]:
        counter += data["stats"]["total"][element]

    return counter

while True:
    print(get_count())
    time.sleep(8)

The code should be self explaining, everything it does is printing the actual flight count every 8 seconds :)

Note: The values are similar to the ones on the website, but not the same. This is because it's unlikely, that the Python script and the website are sending a request at the same time. If you want to get more accurate results, just make a request every 4 seconds for example.

Use this code as you want, extend it or whatever. Hope this helps!