Weather API

REST API that exposes data imported from Davis Weather Station Vantage Pro 2 Plus. Imported data is read from an ascii file downloaded by ftp.

Install

• Create a database
• Configure config/database.yml
• Run bundler: bundle install
• Run database migrations: bundle exec rake db:migrate

Use

If weather data file is data/data.txt then the following task will import data to be exported as a REST Api

  rake weather:feed:file[data/data.txt]

You should call this task from a crontab after updating data/data.txt

API

The REST API, is implemented using sinatra, so you can start it using rackup:

  bundle exec rackup

Sercices

• /last: last captured data

Sample application

You can try the API using provided html inside public folder. Try it accessing: http://localhost:9292/index.html

TODO

• Add more services
• Integrate with dashing gem