[weatherbug_getlivecompactweather]
| Link | weatherbug_getlivecompactweather |
| Author | Jason Huck |
| Category | Utility |
| Version | 8.x |
| License | http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php |
| Posted | 08 May 2006 |
| Updated | 08 May 2006 |
| More by this author... | |
Description
Returns compact live weather conditions (temperature, rain, wind, and gusting) for the given WeatherBug station. Requires a valid WeatherBug API key.
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') + '
\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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