datapoint-js
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A JavaScript library for accessing weather data via the [Met Office](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/)'s open data API known as [DataPoint](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint).
A JavaScript library for accessing weather data via the Met Office's open data API known as DataPoint.
Disclaimer: This module is in no way part of the DataPoint project/service. This module is intended to simplify the use of DataPoint for JavaScript projects. No support for this module is provided by the Met Office and may break as the DataPoint service grows/evolves. The author will make reasonable efforts to keep it up to date and fully featured.
npm install datapoint-js
bower install datapoint-js
Download the contents of either /src (for node) or /dist/browser (for browser) and include them in your project.
var datapoint = require('datapoint-js')
datapoint.set_key("aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee")
site = datapoint.get_nearest_forecast_site(-0.124626, 51.500728)
forecast = datapoint.get_forecast_for_site(site.id, "3hourly")
current_timestep = forecast.days[0].timesteps[0]
console.log("Temperature is " + current_timestep.temperature.value + "°" + current_timestep.temperature.units + " in " + site.name)
Temperature is 15°C in London
<html>
<head>
<title>Datapoint test</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Weather</h1>
<p id="weather">Loading...</p>
<script src="../dist/browser/datapoint.js"></script>
<script>
datapoint.set_key("aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee");
site = datapoint.get_nearest_forecast_site(-0.124626, 51.500728);
forecast = datapoint.get_forecast_for_site(site.id);
current_timestep = forecast.days[0].timesteps[0];
document.getElementById("weather").innerHTML =
"Temperature is " + current_timestep.temperature.value + "°" + current_timestep.temperature.units + " in " + site.name;
</script>
</body>
</html>
The contents of the <p> block is replaced with Temperature is 15°C in London.
Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.
To work on the project simply clone the project and run npm install.
This project uses gulp as its task runner and can be used to browserify the code and generate the documentation.
Documentation is automatically generated using JSDoc and is stored in docs.
To regenerate the documentation simply run
gulp document
GPL v3
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A JavaScript library for accessing weather data via the [Met Office](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/)'s open data API known as [DataPoint](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint).
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