Post weather update to services such as Weather Underground
usage: python -m pywws.toservice [options] data_dir service_name
options are:
-h or --help display this help
-c or --catchup upload all data since last upload
-v or --verbose increase amount of reassuring messages
data_dir is the root directory of the weather data
service_name is the service to upload to, e.g. underground
There are an increasing number of web sites around the world that encourage amateur weather station owners to upload data over the internet.
This module enables pywws to upload readings to these organisations. It is highly customisable using configuration files. Each ‘service’ requires a configuration file and one or two templates in pywws/services (that should not need to be edited by the user) and a section in weather.ini containing user specific data such as your site ID and password.
See How to integrate pywws with various weather services for details of the available services.
If you haven’t already done so, visit the organisation’s web site and create an account for your weather station. Make a note of any site ID and password details you are given.
Stop any pywws software that is running and then run toservice to create a section in weather.ini:
python -m pywws.toservice data_dir service_name
service_name is the single word service name used by pywws, such as metoffice, data_dir is your weather data directory, as usual.
Edit weather.ini and find the section corresponding to the service name, e.g. [underground]. Copy your site details into this section, for example:
[underground]
password = secret
station = ABCDEFG1A
Now you can test your configuration:
python -m pywws.toservice -vvv data_dir service_name
This should show you the data string that is uploaded. Any failure should generate an error message.
Now you can upload your last 7 days’ data, if the service supports it. Run toservice with the catchup option:
python -m pywws.toservice -cvv data_dir service_name
This may take 20 minutes or more, depending on how much data you have.
Edit your weather.ini again, and add a list of services to the [live], [logged], [hourly], [12 hourly] or [daily] section, depending on how often you want to send data. For example:
[live]
twitter = []
plot = []
text = []
services = ['underground_rf', 'cwop']
[logged]
twitter = []
plot = []
text = []
services = ['metoffice', 'cwop']
[hourly]
twitter = []
plot = []
text = []
services = ['underground']
Note that the [live] section is only used when running pywws.LiveLog. It is a good idea to repeat any service selected in [live] in the [logged] or [hourly] section in case you switch to running pywws.Hourly.
Restart your regular pywws program (pywws.Hourly or pywws.LiveLog) and visit the appropriate web site to see regular updates from your weather station.
Functions
ApplicationLogger(verbose[, logfile]) | |
main([argv]) |
Classes
SafeConfigParser([defaults, dict_type, ...]) | |
ToService(params, status, calib_data, ...) | Upload weather data to weather services such as Weather Underground. |
datetime | datetime(year, month, day[, hour[, minute[, second[, microsecond[,tzinfo]]]]]) |
timedelta | Difference between two datetime values. |
Upload weather data to weather services such as Weather Underground.
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Prepare a weather data record.
The data parameter contains the data to be encoded. It should be a ‘calibrated’ data record, as stored in pywws.DataStore.calib_store. The relevant data items are extracted and converted to strings using a template, then merged with the station’s “fixed” data.
Parameters: | data (dict) – the weather data record. |
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Returns: | dict. |
Return type: | string |
Upload a weather data record using APRS.
The prepared_data parameter contains the data to be uploaded. It should be a dictionary of string keys and string values.
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Returns: | success status |
Return type: | bool |
Upload a weather data record using HTTP.
The prepared_data parameter contains the data to be uploaded. It should be a dictionary of string keys and string values.
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Returns: | success status |
Return type: | bool |
Get weather data records to upload.
This method returns either the most recent weather data record, or all records since the last upload, according to the value of catchup.
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Returns: | yields weather data records. |
Return type: | dict |
Upload one or more weather data records.
This method uploads either the most recent weather data record, or all records since the last upload (up to 7 days), according to the value of catchup.
It sets the last update configuration value to the time stamp of the most recent record successfully uploaded.
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Returns: | success status |
Return type: | bool |
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