# rest interface?

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/rest-interface/11875>\
**Category:** AeroAPI\
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/rest-interface/11875 "2011-07-15T14:34:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![halarnold2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@halarnold2000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/halarnold2000)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/rest-interface/11875/1 "2011-07-15T14:34:22Z")

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Do you have a Rest interface or one planned?

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**Author:** ![mduell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/mduell/32/115680_2.png) [@mduell](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/mduell)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/rest-interface/11875/2 "2011-07-15T16:10:46Z")

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We’re internally beta testing one now; we don’t have a release date for it.

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**Author:** ![bovineone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/bovineone/32/117631_2.png) [@bovineone](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/bovineone)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/rest-interface/11875/3 "2011-10-03T15:59:41Z")

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There is now a REST/JSON interface available for external use.

You can read a description of it on our FlightXML2 documentation page at [flightaware.com/commercial/fligh … ation2.rvt](http://flightaware.com/commercial/flightxml/documentation2.rvt)

But in short, your code simply needs to access an URL such as this and supply valid FlightXML credentials:

```auto

http://flightxml.flightaware.com/json/FlightXML2/MetarEx?airport=KJFK&startTime=0&howMany=1&offset=0

```

There is currently a jQuery example of how to use this interface, and there will be a Node.JS example published in the next day. Of course nearly any language can be used to access the REST/JSON interface, not just JavaScript-based languages. We expect mobile apps might also benefit from this new interface option.

Let me know if you have any problems or questions.