Locate the International Space Station
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nodejs
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to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via theauths object
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Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.
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// Click SEND TEST EVENT and then select the event above to inspect it
// The code on this page is fully editable and is run on our servers
console.log(`Let's see where the ISS is with Node ${process.version}`)
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to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via theauths object
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.
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// We can use any package from NPM -- just 'require' it 
const axios = require("axios")

// And we can use ES8 async/await to pull the ISS's position from the open API
const result = await axios.get("http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json")

// Let's save the data on the ISS's position to $event so we can reference it in the next code cell
$event.iss_position = result.data.iss_position
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nodejs_2
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via theauths object
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.
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// Now let's generate a URL to visualize the ISS position in Google Maps
console.log(`View ISS Position on Google Maps at https://maps.google.com/?q=${$event.iss_position.latitude},${$event.iss_position.longitude}&ll=${$event.iss_position.latitude},${$event.iss_position.longitude}&z=3`)

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