https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k0twm-cc16fyfp_1H7M9UQEHeE5YK6JC/view?usp=sharing
Inspiration: I was inspired by the website SkyScanner, and wanted to build somewhat of a mini version of it that had less complexities, just find the flight.
What it does: My project accepts the input of an airport ICAO code (the 4 letter one), as well as the input of a desired date, then shows all flights within the API range that are from that airport, including date, time, airline, and destination.
How we built it: I built it in VS Code using Python with Flask for backend, and HTML and CSS for frontend development
Challenges we ran into
All of the APIs I tried using had very limited flight data (some didnt take future flights, some had very limited free tiers), and the one that ended up working best for me only had very few airports on very few routes. Moving it to frontend also made it so much more buggy, that I could not fix wihtin the time limit
What we learned: I learned that APIs are very very misleading (free will not help you out tooo much, and have very limited capabilities)
What's next for FlyIt
Hopefully try configuring it as best I can by keeping it to look nice while keeping it to the free tier (ie removing all bugs involved for a smooth experience)
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