Airport Distance API - Ruby Gem

Airport Distance is a simple tool for getting the distance between two airports. It returns the distance between the two airports.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_airportdistance'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_airportdistance

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_airportdistance'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Airportdistance::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  iata1: "JFK",
  iata2: "LAX"
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ iata1: "JFK", iata2: "LAX" })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Airportdistance::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Airportdistance::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Airportdistance::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "distanceMiles": 2470.23,
    "distanceKm": 3974.2,
    "distanceNauticalMiles": 2145.12,
    "estimatedFlightTime": "5h 24m",
    "timezoneDiffHours": -3,
    "bearing": 265,
    "direction": "West",
    "isInternational": false,
    "carbonEstimateKg": 543,
    "airport1": {
      "name": "John F Kennedy International Airport",
      "iata": "JFK",
      "icao": "KJFK",
      "city": "New York",
      "state": "New-York",
      "country": "US",
      "elevation": 13,
      "latitude": 40.63980103,
      "longitude": -73.77890015,
      "timezone": "America/New_York"
    },
    "airport2": {
      "name": "Los Angeles International Airport",
      "iata": "LAX",
      "icao": "KLAX",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "state": "California",
      "country": "US",
      "elevation": 125,
      "latitude": 33.94250107,
      "longitude": -118.4079971,
      "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.