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NTSB accidents: read the bulk archive, because there is no working API #38

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ RUN bun install --frozen-lockfile || bun install

FROM base AS runtime
ENV NODE_ENV=production
# `ntsb-accidents` reads a 558 MB Microsoft Access database out of a zip,
# because the NTSB publishes no working API. mdbtools turns that into NDJSON.
# Nothing else in the image needs either, and both are a few hundred kilobytes.
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends mdbtools unzip \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Bun's isolated linker keeps each workspace's node_modules beside it, so the
# whole deps stage comes across rather than only /app/node_modules.
COPY --from=deps /app /app
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The first deployment is [nichedb.dev](https://nichedb.dev). Run your own on anyt
| **item** | One row a source produced. Title, URL, when (with `time_known` and `precision`), tags, and the adapter's payload in `data`. |
| **feed** | A saved query over a collection. Has a page, RSS and JSON Feed renderings, an API endpoint, and followers who are told when it changes by push, email or signed webhook. |

Adapters are one file each in `packages/adapters/src`. Seventy-five ship today across twenty-seven collections:
Adapters are one file each in `packages/adapters/src`. Seventy-six ship today across twenty-seven collections:

| Collection | Adapters | Key needed |
| --- | --- | --- |
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| news | `newsfeed`, `gdelt`, `rssamplifier`, `brisk`, `news-channels` | no |
| domains | `ntld-totals`, `ntld-tlds`, `ntld-launches`, `ntld-changes` | no |
| podcasts | `podcasts` | no |
| aviation | `faa-nas-status`, `aviation-hazards`, `aviation-metar` | no |
| aviation | `faa-nas-status`, `aviation-hazards`, `aviation-metar`, `ntsb-accidents` | no (needs mdbtools + unzip, in the Dockerfile) |
| water | `nwps-river-gauges`, `coops-water-levels`, `drought-monitor` | no |
| consumer-finance | `cfpb-complaints`, `fdic-institutions`, `fdic-structure-changes` | no |

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions packages/adapters/src/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { nhcCyclones } from './nhc.js';
import { nhtsaComplaints, nhtsaRatings, nhtsaRecalls } from './nhtsa.js';
import { npm } from './npm.js';
import { ntldChanges, ntldLaunches, ntldTlds, ntldTotals } from './ntlddata.js';
import { ntsbAccidents } from './ntsb.js';
import { nwpsRiverGauges } from './nwps.js';
import { nws } from './nws.js';
import { ocdsTenders } from './ocds.js';
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faaAirportStatus,
aviationHazards,
aviationMetar,
ntsbAccidents,
nwpsRiverGauges,
coopsWaterLevels,
droughtMonitor,
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