# -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*- # Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Tobias Klausmann # Modifications Copyright (C) 2002 by Jerome Alet # # Code contributed by: # Jerome Alet # Davide Di Blasi # Adrian Holovaty # Tim Middleton # Uli Martens # Gregor Herrmann # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 Boston, MA # # By reading this code you agree not to ridicule the author =) # When reading this code you'll noctice that not everything is parsed # from the raw METAR info as supplied with the report. Before you start # flaming the authors, please read the FHM-1 spec and guess how hairy a # parser for that format would be. As a side note, the reference # implementation of the parser is written in... FORTRAN. Now stop crying. import fpformat import math import re import string import urllib2 __author__ = "klausman-pymetar@schwarzvogel.de" __version__ = "0.12" __doc__ = """Pymetar v%s (c) 2002-2004 Tobias Klausmann Pymetar is a python module and command line tool designed to fetch Metar reports from the NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov) and allow access to the included weather information. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Please e-mail bugs to: %s""" % (__version__, __author__) CLOUD_RE_STR= r"^(CAVOK|CLR|SKC|BKN|SCT|FEW|OVC)([0-9]{3})?$" COND_RE_STR = r"^(-|\\+)?(VC|MI|BC|PR|TS|BL|SH|DR|FZ)?(DZ|RA|SN|SG|IC|PE|GR|GS|UP|BR|FG|FU|VA|SA|HZ|PY|DU|SQ|SS|DS|PO|\\+?FC)$" class EmptyReportException(Exception): def __init__(self, args=None): self.args=args class EmptyIDException(Exception): def __init__(self, args=None): self.args=args class NetworkException(Exception): def __init__(self, args=None): self.args=args # What a boring list to type ! # # It seems the NOAA doesn't want to return plain text, but considering the # format of their response, this is not to save bandwidth :-) # _WeatherConditions = { "DZ" : ("Drizzle", "rain", { "" : "Moderate drizzle", "-" : "Light drizzle", "+" : "Heavy drizzle", "VC" : "Drizzle in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow drizzle", "BC" : "Patches of drizzle", "PR" : "Partial drizzle", "TS" : ("Thunderstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Windy drizzle", "SH" : "Showers", "DR" : "Drifting drizzle", "FZ" : "Freezing drizzle", }), "RA" : ("Rain", "rain", { "" : "Moderate rain", "-" : "Light rain", "+" : "Heavy rain", "VC" : "Rain in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow rain", "BC" : "Patches of rain", "PR" : "Partial rainfall", "TS" : ("Thunderstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing rainfall", "SH" : "Rain showers", "DR" : "Drifting rain", "FZ" : "Freezing rain", }), "SN" : ("Snow", "snow", { "" : "Moderate snow", "-" : "Light snow", "+" : "Heavy snow", "VC" : "Snow in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow snow", "BC" : "Patches of snow", "PR" : "Partial snowfall", "TS" : ("Snowstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing snowfall", "SH" : "Snowfall showers", "DR" : "Drifting snow", "FZ" : "Freezing snow", }), "SG" : ("Snow grains", "snow", { "" : "Moderate snow grains", "-" : "Light snow grains", "+" : "Heavy snow grains", "VC" : "Snow grains in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow snow grains", "BC" : "Patches of snow grains", "PR" : "Partial snow grains", "TS" : ("Snowstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing snow grains", "SH" : "Snow grain showers", "DR" : "Drifting snow grains", "FZ" : "Freezing snow grains", }), "IC" : ("Ice crystals", "snow", { "" : "Moderate ice crystals", "-" : "Few ice crystals", "+" : "Heavy ice crystals", "VC" : "Ice crystals in the vicinity", "BC" : "Patches of ice crystals", "PR" : "Partial ice crystals", "TS" : ("Ice crystal storm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing ice crystals", "SH" : "Showers of ice crystals", "DR" : "Drifting ice crystals", "FZ" : "Freezing ice crystals", }), "PE" : ("Ice pellets", "snow", { "" : "Moderate ice pellets", "-" : "Few ice pellets", "+" : "Heavy ice pellets", "VC" : "Ice pellets in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow ice pellets", "BC" : "Patches of ice pellets", "PR" : "Partial ice pellets", "TS" : ("Ice pellets storm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing ice pellets", "SH" : "Showers of ice pellets", "DR" : "Drifting ice pellets", "FZ" : "Freezing ice pellets", }), "GR" : ("Hail", "rain", { "" : "Moderate hail", "-" : "Light hail", "+" : "Heavy hail", "VC" : "Hail in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow hail", "BC" : "Patches of hail", "PR" : "Partial hail", "TS" : ("Hailstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing hail", "SH" : "Hail showers", "DR" : "Drifting hail", "FZ" : "Freezing hail", }), "GS" : ("Small hail", "rain", { "" : "Moderate small hail", "-" : "Light small hail", "+" : "Heavy small hail", "VC" : "Small hail in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow small hail", "BC" : "Patches of small hail", "PR" : "Partial small hail", "TS" : ("Small hailstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing small hail", "SH" : "Showers of small hail", "DR" : "Drifting small hail", "FZ" : "Freezing small hail", }), "UP" : ("Precipitation", "rain", { "" : "Moderate precipitation", "-" : "Light precipitation", "+" : "Heavy precipitation", "VC" : "Precipitation in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow precipitation", "BC" : "Patches of precipitation", "PR" : "Partial precipitation", "TS" : ("Unknown thunderstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing precipitation", "SH" : "Showers, type unknown", "DR" : "Drifting precipitation", "FZ" : "Freezing precipitation", }), "BR" : ("Mist", "fog", { "" : "Moderate mist", "-" : "Light mist", "+" : "Thick mist", "VC" : "Mist in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow mist", "BC" : "Patches of mist", "PR" : "Partial mist", "BL" : "Mist with wind", "DR" : "Drifting mist", "FZ" : "Freezing mist", }), "FG" : ("Fog", "fog", { "" : "Moderate fog", "-" : "Light fog", "+" : "Thick fog", "VC" : "Fog in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow fog", "BC" : "Patches of fog", "PR" : "Partial fog", "BL" : "Fog with wind", "DR" : "Drifting fog", "FZ" : "Freezing fog", }), "FU" : ("Smoke", "fog", { "" : "Moderate smoke", "-" : "Thin smoke", "+" : "Thick smoke", "VC" : "Smoke in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow smoke", "BC" : "Patches of smoke", "PR" : "Partial smoke", "TS" : ("Smoke w/ thunders", "storm"), "BL" : "Smoke with wind", "DR" : "Drifting smoke", }), "VA" : ("Volcanic ash", "fog", { "" : "Moderate volcanic ash", "+" : "Thick volcanic ash", "VC" : "Volcanic ash in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow volcanic ash", "BC" : "Patches of volcanic ash", "PR" : "Partial volcanic ash", "TS" : ("Volcanic ash w/ thunders", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing volcanic ash", "SH" : "Showers of volcanic ash", "DR" : "Drifting volcanic ash", "FZ" : "Freezing volcanic ash", }), "SA" : ("Sand", "fog", { "" : "Moderate sand", "-" : "Light sand", "+" : "Heavy sand", "VC" : "Sand in the vicinity", "BC" : "Patches of sand", "PR" : "Partial sand", "BL" : "Blowing sand", "DR" : "Drifting sand", }), "HZ" : ("Haze", "fog", { "" : "Moderate haze", "-" : "Light haze", "+" : "Thick haze", "VC" : "Haze in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow haze", "BC" : "Patches of haze", "PR" : "Partial haze", "BL" : "Haze with wind", "DR" : "Drifting haze", "FZ" : "Freezing haze", }), "PY" : ("Sprays", "fog", { "" : "Moderate sprays", "-" : "Light sprays", "+" : "Heavy sprays", "VC" : "Sprays in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow sprays", "BC" : "Patches of sprays", "PR" : "Partial sprays", "BL" : "Blowing sprays", "DR" : "Drifting sprays", "FZ" : "Freezing sprays", }), "DU" : ("Dust", "fog", { "" : "Moderate dust", "-" : "Light dust", "+" : "Heavy dust", "VC" : "Dust in the vicinity", "BC" : "Patches of dust", "PR" : "Partial dust", "BL" : "Blowing dust", "DR" : "Drifting dust", }), "SQ" : ("Squall", "storm", { "" : "Moderate squall", "-" : "Light squall", "+" : "Heavy squall", "VC" : "Squall in the vicinity", "PR" : "Partial squall", "TS" : "Thunderous squall", "BL" : "Blowing squall", "DR" : "Drifting squall", "FZ" : "Freezing squall", }), "SS" : ("Sandstorm", "fog", { "" : "Moderate sandstorm", "-" : "Light sandstorm", "+" : "Heavy sandstorm", "VC" : "Sandstorm in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow sandstorm", "PR" : "Partial sandstorm", "TS" : ("Thunderous sandstorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing sandstorm", "DR" : "Drifting sandstorm", "FZ" : "Freezing sandstorm", }), "DS" : ("Duststorm", "fog", { "" : "Moderate duststorm", "-" : "Light duststorm", "+" : "Heavy duststorm", "VC" : "Duststorm in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow duststorm", "PR" : "Partial duststorm", "TS" : ("Thunderous duststorm", "storm"), "BL" : "Blowing duststorm", "DR" : "Drifting duststorm", "FZ" : "Freezing duststorm", }), "PO" : ("Dustwhirls", "fog", { "" : "Moderate dustwhirls", "-" : "Light dustwhirls", "+" : "Heavy dustwhirls", "VC" : "Dustwhirls in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow dustwhirls", "BC" : "Patches of dustwhirls", "PR" : "Partial dustwhirls", "BL" : "Blowing dustwhirls", "DR" : "Drifting dustwhirls", }), "+FC" : ("Tornado", "storm", { "" : "Moderate tornado", "+" : "Raging tornado", "VC" : "Tornado in the vicinity", "PR" : "Partial tornado", "TS" : "Thunderous tornado", "BL" : "Tornado", "DR" : "Drifting tornado", "FZ" : "Freezing tornado", }), "FC" : ("Funnel cloud", "fog", { "" : "Moderate funnel cloud", "-" : "Light funnel cloud", "+" : "Thick funnel cloud", "VC" : "Funnel cloud in the vicinity", "MI" : "Shallow funnel cloud", "BC" : "Patches of funnel cloud", "PR" : "Partial funnel cloud", "BL" : "Funnel cloud w/ wind", "DR" : "Drifting funnel cloud", }), } class WeatherReport: """Incorporates both the unparsed textual representation of the weather report and the parsed values as soon as they are filled in by ReportParser.""" def _ClearAllFields(self): """Clear all fields values.""" # until finished, report is invalid self.valid = 0 # Clear all self.givenstationid=None self.fullreport=None self.temp=None self.tempf=None self.windspeed=None self.winddir=None self.vis=None self.dewp=None self.dewpf=None self.humid=None self.press=None self.code=None self.weather=None self.sky=None self.fulln=None self.cycle=None self.windcomp=None self.rtime=None self.pixmap=None self.latitude=None self.longitude=None self.altitude=None self.stat_city=None self.stat_country=None self.reporturl=None self.latf=None self.longf=None def __init__(self, MetarStationCode = None): """Clear all fields and fill in wanted station id.""" self._ClearAllFields() self.givenstationid=MetarStationCode def metar_to_iso8601(self, metardate) : """Convert a metar date to an ISO8601 date.""" if metardate is not None: (date, hour, tz) = metardate.split() (year, month, day) = date.split('.') # assuming tz is always 'UTC', aka 'Z' return "%s-%s-%s %s:%s:00Z"%(year, month, day, hour[:2], hour[2:4]) def getFullReport(self): """ Return the complete weather report. """ return self.fullreport def getTemperatureCelsius(self): """ Return the temperature in degrees Celsius. """ return self.temp def getTemperatureFahrenheit(self): """ Return the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. """ return self.tempf def getDewPointCelsius(self): """ Return dewpoint in degrees Celsius. """ return self.dewp def getDewPointFahrenheit(self): """ Return dewpoint in degrees Fahrenheit. """ return self.dewpf def getWindSpeed(self): """ Return the wind speed in meters per second. """ return self.windspeed def getWindSpeedMilesPerHour(self): """ Return the wind speed in miles per hour. """ if self.windspeed is not None: return self.windspeed * 2.237 def getWindDirection(self): """ Return wind direction in degrees. """ return self.winddir def getWindCompass(self): """ Return wind direction as compass direction (e.g. NE or SSE) """ return self.windcomp def getVisibilityKilometers(self): """ Return visibility in km. """ if self.vis is not None: return self.vis def getVisibilityMiles(self): """ Return visibility in miles. """ if self.vis is not None: return self.vis / 1.609344 def getHumidity(self): """ Return relative humidity in percent. """ return self.humid def getPressure(self): """ Return pressure in hPa. """ return self.press def getRawMetarCode(self): """ Return the encoded weather report. """ return self.code def getWeather(self): """ Return short weather conditions """ return self.weather def getSkyConditions(self): """ Return sky conditions """ return self.sky def getStationName(self): """ Return full station name """ return self.fulln def getStationCity(self): """ Return city-part of station name """ return self.stat_city def getStationCountry(self): """ Return country-part of station name """ return self.stat_country def getCycle(self): """ Return cycle value. The cycle value is not the frequency or delay between observations but the "time slot" in which the observation was made. There are 24 cycle slots every day which usually last from N:45 to N+1:45. The cycle from 23:45 to 0:45 is cycle 0. """ return self.cycle def getStationPosition(self): """ Return latitude, longitude and altitude above sea level of station as a tuple. Some stations don't deliver altitude, for those, None is returned as altitude. The lat/longs are expressed as follows: xx-yyd where xx is degrees, yy minutes and d the direction. Thus 51-14N means 51 degrees, 14 minutes north. d may take the values N, S for latitues and W, E for longitudes. Latitude and Longitude may include seconds. Altitude is always given as meters above sea level, including a trailing M. Schipohl Int. Airport Amsterdam has, for example: ('52-18N', '004-46E', '-2M') Moenchengladbach (where I live): ('51-14N', '063-03E', None) If you need lat and long as float values, look at getStationPositionFloat() instead """ # convert self.altitude to string for consistency return (self.latitude, self.longitude, "%s"%self.altitude) def getStationPositionFloat(self): """ Return latitude and longitude as float values in a tuple (lat,long,alt). """ return (self.latf,self.longf,self.altitude) def getStationLatitude(self) : """ Return the station's latitude in dd-mm[-ss]D format : dd : degrees mm : minutes ss : seconds D : direction (N, S, E, W) """ return self.latitude def getStationLatitudeFloat(self): """ Return latitude as a float """ return self.latf def getStationLongitude(self) : """ Return the station's longitude in dd-mm[-ss]D format : dd : degrees mm : minutes ss : seconds D : direction (N, S, E, W) """ return self.longitude def getStationLongitudeFloat(self): """ Return Longitude as a float """ return self.longf def getStationAltitude(self) : """ Return the station's altitude above the sea in meters. """ return self.altitude def getReportURL(self): """ Return the URL from which the report was fetched. """ return self.reporturl def getTime(self): """ Return the time when the observation was made. Note that this is *not* the time when the report was fetched by us Format: YYYY.MM.DD HHMM UTC Example: 2002.04.01 1020 UTC """ return self.rtime def getISOTime(self): """ Return the time when the observation was made in ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2002-07-25 15:12:00Z) """ return(self.metar_to_iso8601(self.rtime)) def getPixmap(self): """ Return a suggested pixmap name, without extension, depending on current weather. """ return self.pixmap class ReportParser: """Parse raw METAR data from a WeatherReport object into actual values and return the object with the values filled in.""" def __init__(self, MetarReport=None): """Set attribute Report as specified on instantation.""" self.Report=MetarReport def strreverse(self, str): """Reverse a string""" listr=list(str) listr.reverse() return "".join(listr) def extractCloudInformation(self) : """ Extract cloud information. Return None or a tuple (sky type as a string of text and suggested pixmap name) """ wcloud = self.match_WeatherPart(CLOUD_RE_STR) if wcloud is not None : stype = wcloud[:3] if (stype == "CAV") : self.Report.sky = "clear" return ("Clear sky", "sun") elif (stype == "CLR") or (stype == "SKC") : return ("Clear sky", "sun") elif stype == "BKN" : return ("Broken clouds", "suncloud") elif stype == "SCT" : return ("Scattered clouds", "suncloud") elif stype == "FEW" : return ("Few clouds", "suncloud") elif stype == "OVC" : return ("Overcast", "cloud") else: return None # Not strictly necessary def extractSkyConditions(self) : """ Extract sky condition information from the encoded report. Return a tuple containing the description of the sky conditions as a string and a suggested pixmap name for an icon representing said sky condition. """ wcond = self.match_WeatherPart(COND_RE_STR) if wcond is not None : if (len(wcond)>3) and (wcond.startswith('+') or wcond.startswith('-')) : wcond = wcond[1:] if wcond.startswith('+') or wcond.startswith('-') : pphen = 1 elif len(wcond) < 4 : pphen = 0 else : pphen = 2 squal = wcond[:pphen] sphen = wcond[pphen : pphen + 4] phenomenon = _WeatherConditions.get(sphen, None) if phenomenon is not None : (name, pixmap, phenomenon) = phenomenon pheninfo = phenomenon.get(squal, name) if type(pheninfo) != type(()) : return (pheninfo, pixmap) else : # contains pixmap info return pheninfo def match_WeatherPart(self, regexp) : """ Return the matching part of the encoded Metar report. regexp: the regexp needed to extract this part. Return the first matching string or None. WARNING: Some Metar reports may contain several matching strings, only the first one is taken into account! """ if self.Report.code is not None : rg = re.compile(regexp) for wpart in self.Report.getRawMetarCode().split() : match = rg.match(wpart) if match: return match.string[match.start(0) : match.end(0)] def parseLatLong(self, latlong): """ Parse Lat or Long in METAR notation into float values. N and E are +, S and W are -. Expects one positional string and returns one float value. """ # I know, I could invert this if and put # the rest of the function into its block, # but I find it to be more readable this way if latlong is None: return None s=latlong.upper().strip() elms = s.split('-') ud = elms[-1][-1] elms[-1] = elms[-1][:-1] elms = map(string.atoi, elms) coords = 0.0 elen = len(elms) if elen > 2: coords = coords + float(elms[2])/3600.0 if elen > 1: coords = coords + float(elms[1])/60.0 coords = coords + float(elms[0]) if ud in ('W','S'): coords = -1.0*coords f,i = math.modf(coords) if elen > 2: f = float(fpformat.sci(f,4)) elif elen > 1: f = float(fpformat.sci(f,2)) else: f = 0.0 return f+i def ParseReport(self, MetarReport=None): """Take report with raw info only and return it with in parsed values filled in. Note: This function edits the WeatherReport object you supply!""" if self.Report is None and MetarReport is None: raise EmptyReportException, \ "No report given on init and ParseReport()." elif MetarReport is not None: self.Report=MetarReport lines=self.Report.fullreport.split("\n") for line in lines: try: header, data=line.split(":",1) except ValueError: header=data=line header=header.strip() data=data.strip() # The station id inside the report if header.find("("+self.Report.givenstationid+")")!=-1: try: loc,p=data.split("(",1) loc=loc.strip() rloc=self.strreverse(loc) rcoun,rcity=rloc.split(",",1) except ValueError: city="" coun="" p=data try: id,lat,long,ht=p.split() ht=int(ht[:-1]) # cut off 'M' for meters except ValueError: id,lat,long=p.split() ht=None self.Report.stat_city=self.strreverse(rcity.strip()) self.Report.stat_country=self.strreverse(rcoun.strip()) self.Report.fulln=loc self.Report.latitude=lat self.Report.longitude=long self.Report.latf=self.parseLatLong(lat) self.Report.longf=self.parseLatLong(long) self.Report.altitude=ht # The line containing date and timr of the report elif (data.find("UTC"))!=-1: local,rt=data.split("/") self.Report.rtime=rt.strip() # temperature elif (header == "Temperature"): f,i,c,i=data.split(None,3) self.Report.tempf=float(f) # The string we have split is "(NN C)", hence the slice self.Report.temp=float(c[1:]) # wind dir and speed elif (header == "Wind"): if (data.find("Calm")!=-1): self.Report.windspeed=0.0 self.Report.winddir=None self.Report.windcomp=None elif (data.find("Variable")!=-1): v,a,speed,r=data.split(" ",3) self.Report.windspeed=(float(speed)*0.44704) self.Report.winddir=None self.Report.windcomp=None else: f,t,comp,deg,r,d,speed,r=data.split(" ",7) self.Report.winddir=int(deg[1:]) self.Report.windcomp=comp.strip() self.Report.windspeed=(float(speed)*0.44704) # visibility elif (header == "Visibility"): for d in data.split(): try: self.Report.vis=float(d)*1.609344 break except ValueError: pass # dew point elif (header == "Dew Point"): f,i,c,i=data.split(None,3) self.Report.dewpf=float(f) # The string we have split is "(NN C)", hence the slice self.Report.dewp=float(c[1:]) # humidity elif (header == "Relative Humidity"): h,i=data.split("%",1) self.Report.humid=int(h) # pressure elif (header == "Pressure (altimeter)"): p,r=data.split(" ",1) self.Report.press=(float(p)*33.863886) # shot weather desc. ("rain", "mist", ...) elif (header == "Weather"): self.Report.weather=data # short desc. of sky conditions elif (header == "Sky conditions"): self.Report.sky=data # the encoded report itself elif (header == "ob"): self.Report.code=data.strip() # the cycle value ("time slot") elif (header == "cycle"): self.Report.cycle=int(data) # cloud info cloudinfo = self.extractCloudInformation() if cloudinfo is not None : (cloudinfo, cloudpixmap) = cloudinfo else : (cloudinfo, cloudpixmap) = (None, None) conditions = self.extractSkyConditions() if conditions is not None : (conditions, condpixmap) = conditions else : (conditions, condpixmap) = (None, None) # fill the weather information self.Report.weather = self.Report.weather or conditions or cloudinfo # Pixmap guessed from general conditions has priority # over pixmap guessed from clouds self.Report.pixmap = condpixmap or cloudpixmap # report is complete self.Report.valid = 1 return self.Report class ReportFetcher: """Fetches a report from a given METAR id, optionally taking into account a different baseurl and using environment var-specified proxies.""" def __init__(self, MetarStationCode=None, baseurl="http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/decoded/"): """Set stationid attribute and base URL to fetch report from""" self.stationid=MetarStationCode self.baseurl=baseurl def FetchReport(self, StationCode=None, proxy=None): """ Fetch a report for a given station ID from the baseurl given upon creation of the ReportFetcher instance. If proxy is not None, a proxy URL of the form protocol://user:password@host.name.tld:port/ is expected, for example: http://squid.somenet.com:3128/ If no proxy is specified, the environment variable http_proxy is inspected. If it isn't set, a direct connection is tried. """ if self.stationid is None and StationCode is None: raise EmptyIDException, \ "No ID given on init and FetchReport()." elif StationCode is not None: self.stationid=StationCode self.stationid=self.stationid.upper() self.reporturl="%s%s.TXT" % (self.baseurl, self.stationid) if proxy: p_dict={'http': proxy} p_handler=urllib2.ProxyHandler(p_dict) opener = urllib2.build_opener(p_handler, urllib2.HTTPHandler) urllib2.install_opener(opener) else: urllib2.install_opener( urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler, urllib2.HTTPHandler)) try: fn=urllib2.urlopen(self.reporturl) except urllib2.HTTPError, why: raise NetworkException, why # Dump entire report in a variable self.fullreport=fn.read() if fn.info().status: raise NetworkException, "Could not fetch METAR report" report=WeatherReport(self.stationid) report.reporturl=self.reporturl report.fullreport=self.fullreport return report