bom-api

#bom-api#

node wrapper for BOM (bereau of meteorology) api

Takes

#Use#

npm install bom-api 

var bom = require('bom-api');

Example:

bom.getBomDataByLatitudeLongitude(lat, lng, functions(data){
    //do stuff with data;
});

Takes latitude and longitude parameters and returns an array of recent climate data.

bom.getBomDataBySiteNumberState(siteNumber, stateName, function(error, data)){
    // do stuff with data
});

Takes a BoM site number (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/site-num.shtml) and state code (eg: 'qld' ) and returns an array of recent climate data.

Example of the returned data from bomInfoArray.

[{
    air_temp: 24.5,
    apparent_t: 25.8,
    rel_hum: 60,
    local_date_time_full: "20140522120000",
    utc_date_time_full: "20140522020000"
},
{
    air_temp: 24.9,
    apparent_t: 26.5,
    rel_hum: 61,
    local_date_time_full: "20140522113000",
    utc_date_time_full: "20140522013000"
},
{
    air_temp: 23.1,
    apparent_t: 24.1,
    rel_hum: 66,
    local_date_time_full: "20140522110000",
    utc_date_time_full: "20140522010000"
}........