[weatherbug_getlivecompactweather]

Description

Link: [weatherbug_getlivecompactweather]
Author: Jason Huck
Category: Utility
Version: 8.x
License:
Posted: May. 08, 2006
Updated: May. 08, 2006
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Returns compact live weather conditions (temperature, rain, wind, and gusting) for the given WeatherBug station. Requires a valid WeatherBug API key.

Parameters

-key string, required A valid WeatherBug API key.
-zip string, required The zip code to use in the search.
-station string, required A valid WeatherBug station code.

Sample Usage

var('compact') = weatherbug_getlivecompactweather(
	-key=$key,
	-zip=$zip,
	-station='XXXXX'
);

iterate($compact->keys, local('i'));
	#i + ': ' + $compact->find(#i)->find('value') + ' ' + $compact->find(#i)->find('units') + '<br>\n';
/iterate;
						

Source Code

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define_tag(
	'getlivecompactweather',
	-namespace='weatherbug_',
	-required='key',
	-required='zip',
	-required='station',
	-priority='replace',
	-description='Returns compact live weather conditions for the given WeatherBug station.'
);
	local('url' = 'http://' + #key + '.api.wxbug.net/getLiveCompactWeather.aspx');
	local('getparams') = array(
		'acode' = #key,
		'zipcode' = #zip,
		'StationID' = #station
	);
	
	local('response') = include_url(
		#url,
		-getparams=#getparams
	);
	
	#response->replace(' xmlns:aws="http://www.aws.com/aws"','')&replace('aws:','');
	
	local('xmldata') = xml(#response);
	local('out' = map);
	
	local('fields') = array(
		'temp',
		'rain-today',
		'wind-speed',
		'wind-direction',
		'gust-speed',
		'gust-direction'
	);
		
	iterate(#fields, local('f'));
		local('map' = map);
	
		if((: 'wind-direction', 'gust-direction') !>> #f);
			local('u') = string(#xmldata->extract('//' + #f + '/@units')->first)->split('="')->second;
			#u->removetrailing('"');
			#u = decode_xml(#u);
		else;
			local('u') = null;
		/if;

		local('v') = #xmldata->extract('//' + #f + '/text()')->first;

		#map->insert('value' = #v);
		#map->insert('units' = #u);

		#out->insert(#f = #map);
	/iterate;
		
	return(@#out);
/define_tag;

 

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