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noaa_json.py
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import json, requests, sys | |
""" | |
Example of using the request package for json data from NOAA. | |
Here are Links to the documentation for these important libraries and the home of JSON. | |
https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html | |
https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html | |
https://pypi.org/project/requests/ | |
http://json.org/ | |
Website with NOWA API information: | |
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/ | |
""" | |
# Typical URL for the request. | |
# url = 'https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/datagetter?begin_date=20130808 15:00&end_date=20130808 15:06&station=8454000&product=water_temperature&units=english&time_zone=gmt&application=ports_screen&format=json' | |
start = '20130808 15:00' | |
end = '20130808 15:06' | |
start2 = '20200103 00:00' | |
end2 = '20200103 05:00' | |
station1 = '8454000' | |
station2 = '8726537' | |
station3 = '8726384' | |
zone1 = 'gmt' | |
zone2 = 'lst' | |
url = 'https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/datagetter?begin_date={}&end_date={}&station={}&product=water_temperature&units=english&time_zone={}&application=ports_screen&format=json'.format(start2, end2, station3, zone2) | |
response = requests.get(url) | |
response.raise_for_status() | |
# Load JSON data into a Python variable. | |
data = json.loads(response.text) | |
print(data['metadata']['name']) | |
# Print weather descriptions. | |
d = data['data'] | |
print('Station data:\n', d) | |
print('*' * 35) | |
for item in d: | |
print('Time: {}: temp: {}'.format(item['t'], item['v'])) |
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