FCM146 - DarkSky API Demo

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#     DarkskyJSON.py
#  ------------------------------------------------------
# Created for Full Circle Magazine #146
# Written by G.D. Walters
# Copyright (c) 2019 by G.D. Walters
# This source code is released under the MIT License
# Creation date: 21 May, 2019
# ======================================================
import json
import requests
from datetime import datetime
# ======================================================
# Comment out this section to test with local file
# ======================================================
host = 'https://api.darksky.net/forecast'
api_key = '{SECRETKEY}'
# Austin Lat/Lon
lat = 30.2672
lon = -97.7431
timeout = 10   # 10 second timeout
excludes = 'exclude=minutely,hourly'
url = '{host}/{api_key}/{lat},{lon}?{excludes}'.format(host=host,
                                                       api_key=api_key,
                                                       lat=lat,
                                                       lon=lon,
                                                       excludes=excludes)
# ======================================================
# To use "advanced" options like language or units, you
# can use the following url string. You can get the language
# and unit values from the API documentation page...
# ======================================================
# url = '{host}/{api_key}/{lat},{lon}?{excludes}&{unit}&{lang}'.format(
#                                                           host=host,
#                                                           api_key=api_key,
#                                                           lat=lat,
#                                                           lon=lon,
#                                                           excludes=excludes,
#                                                           unit=unittouse,
#                                                           lang=langtouse)
print(url)
# Now start a session using requests and send a .get to obtain the response
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get(url, timeout=timeout).json()
# ======================================================
# Comment out this section and uncomment the above section to get live data
# ======================================================
# ~ localfile = 'sampledata.json'   # '30.2672,-97.7431-2.json'
# ~ with open(localfile) as f:
# ~     response = json.load(f)

print("Current weather:\n")

tim = response['currently']['time']
print(datetime.fromtimestamp(tim).strftime("%a %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S"))

currents = response['currently']
summary = currents['summary']

print("Summary: {0}".format(summary))
print("   POP: {0}%".format(response['currently']['precipProbability']*100))
if 'precipType' in response['currently']:
    print("   Precip Type: {0}".format(response['currently']['precipType']))
else:
    print('   preciptype NOT available')

print('   Temperature: {0}'.format(response['currently']['temperature']))
print('   Feels like: {0}'.format(response['currently']['apparentTemperature']))
print('   Dew point: {0}'.format(response['currently']['dewPoint']))
print('   Humidity: {0}%'.format((response['currently']['humidity']*100)))
print('   Pressure: {0}'.format(response['currently']['pressure']))
print('   Windspeed: {0}'.format(response['currently']['windSpeed']))
print('   Windgusts: {0}'.format(response['currently']['windGust']))
print('   Wind Bearing: {0}'.format(response['currently']['windBearing']))
print('   Cloudcover: {0}%'.format(response['currently']['cloudCover']*100))
print('   Visibility: {0} miles'.format(response['currently']['visibility']))
print('   Icon: {0}'.format(response['currently']['icon']))
print('-----------------------------------')
print('Weekly forecast:\n')
# Weekly forecast
weekly = response['daily']['data']
ltemp = weekly[0]['temperatureLow']
print(ltemp)
for i in weekly:
    print('  {0}'.format((datetime.fromtimestamp(i['time']).strftime("%a %m/%d/%Y"))))
    print('      Summary: {0}: '.format(i['summary']))
    print('      High Temperature: {0}: '.format(i['temperatureHigh']))
    print('      Low Temperature: {0}: '.format(i['temperatureLow']))
    print('      POP: {0}%: '.format(int(i['precipProbability']*100)))
    print('      Expected Windspeed {0}: '.format(i['windSpeed']))
    print('      Expected Windgusts {0}: '.format(i['windGust']))
    print('      Icon {0}: '.format(i['icon']))