Swap ISS position API priority to avoid timeout delays

Open Notify API (api.open-notify.org) is frequently unreliable,
causing 5-second timeout delays on every ISS position request.
Promote wheretheiss.at as the primary API in both satellite.py
and sstv.py, demoting Open Notify to fallback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Smittix
2026-02-05 12:50:07 +00:00
parent 8ba47f3935
commit 11941bedad
2 changed files with 49 additions and 49 deletions

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@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
import requests
from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, render_template, Response
from config import SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED
from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, render_template, Response
from config import SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED
from data.satellites import TLE_SATELLITES
from utils.logging import satellite_logger as logger
@@ -42,30 +42,30 @@ def _fetch_iss_realtime(observer_lat: Optional[float] = None, observer_lon: Opti
iss_alt = 420 # Default altitude in km
source = None
# Try primary API: Open Notify
# Try primary API: Where The ISS At
try:
response = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json', timeout=5)
response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
if data.get('message') == 'success':
iss_lat = float(data['iss_position']['latitude'])
iss_lon = float(data['iss_position']['longitude'])
source = 'open-notify'
iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
iss_alt = float(data.get('altitude', 420))
source = 'wheretheiss'
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(f"Open Notify API failed: {e}")
logger.debug(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
# Try fallback API: Where The ISS At
# Try fallback API: Open Notify
if iss_lat is None:
try:
response = requests.get('https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544', timeout=5)
response = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json', timeout=5)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
iss_lat = float(data['latitude'])
iss_lon = float(data['longitude'])
iss_alt = float(data.get('altitude', 420))
source = 'wheretheiss'
if data.get('message') == 'success':
iss_lat = float(data['iss_position']['latitude'])
iss_lon = float(data['iss_position']['longitude'])
source = 'open-notify'
except Exception as e:
logger.debug(f"Where The ISS At API failed: {e}")
logger.debug(f"Open Notify API failed: {e}")
if iss_lat is None:
return None
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ def _fetch_iss_realtime(observer_lat: Optional[float] = None, observer_lon: Opti
@satellite_bp.route('/dashboard')
def satellite_dashboard():
"""Popout satellite tracking dashboard."""
return render_template(
'satellite_dashboard.html',
shared_observer_location=SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED,
)
def satellite_dashboard():
"""Popout satellite tracking dashboard."""
return render_template(
'satellite_dashboard.html',
shared_observer_location=SHARED_OBSERVER_LOCATION_ENABLED,
)
@satellite_bp.route('/predict', methods=['POST'])