HPR2919: hosting software in HPR show notes

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#!/usr/bin/env python import urllib.request import json import re import subprocess # see https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api #where are we? GPS coordinates lat = 39.275235 lon = -120.9199507 #what is the user agent string? agent = "Jezra's fun lil script" #minimum wind speed in mph? min_speed = 9 def get_api_data(endpoint): print(endpoint) #prepare the connection with custom headers request = urllib.request.Request(endpoint, headers={"User-Agent":agent}) #create a handler for the request handler = urllib.request.urlopen(request) #get the text text = handler.read() #parse the json text to a python object obj = json.loads(text) return obj def wind_is_good(s): #use regex to find the matches matches = re.findall("[0-9]+",s) for match in matches: #convert string to int m = int(match) #is the speed good? if(m>=min_speed): return True #if we get here, there is no match :( return False start_url = "https://api.weather.gov/points/{0},{1}".format(lat,lon) #get the json response from the start_url as a python object obj = get_api_data(start_url) #get the forecast url from the returned data forecast_url = obj['properties']['forecast'] # process the forecast url forecast = get_api_data(forecast_url) #loop through the forcast periods for period in forecast['properties']['periods']: #put name and windspeed into easier to handle variable names name= period['name'] wind = period['windSpeed'] print (name, wind) #check the wind speed if wind_is_good(wind): subprocess.call(["textjezra","{0}: {1}".format(name,wind)])