GetToCornell

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Inspiration

Lucas, a native from Los Angeles, had trouble getting to Cornell for his Fall 2024 move-in due to the lack of flights around Cornell.

What it does

GetToCornell uses live API to display flights from the nearest airport to a given address to airports close to Cornell. The airline, duration, departure time, and price are all displayed and the top 10 flights are recommended to the user.

How we built it

JavaScript, Next,js, HTML, CSS

Challenges we ran into

We had problems implementing the background of the front-end, and we also ran into numerous problems trying to fetch the flight API using GitHub. We were able to solve this by hosting the website on our own servers

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're able to fetch live data for numerous flights and process them to display on our cite. The user can trust that the recommended flights are great options for transportation to Cornell.

What we learned

How to interact with Flight APIs and process the result in a readable manner for the user. How to develop a front-end with visual aesthetics. How to write algorithms in JavaScript that integrate the front-end with the back-end

What's next for GetToCornell

Updates to include more airports (Rochester, Albany, etc) Integrate bus routes from home address to the nearest airports Add Uber or other carshare as additionally option for transit

Built With

• css
• html
• javascript
• nextjs