Simple private API to get current weather information at a lon/lat position from Environment Canada (EC).
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Weather

Simple private API to get current weather information at a lon/lat position from Environment Canada (EC).

Requirements

  • webserver (tested with nginx and php-fpm)
  • php7 (tested with PHP 7.2)
  • php7-simplexml
  • composer
  • postgresql (tested with 11.3)
  • postgis (postgresql extension)

How does it work

The list of weather stations[1] published by Environment Canada and their lat/lon locations[2] are imported into the database.

When we pass a lat/lon pair to our API, we use PostGIS to find the closest weather station, and then query the proper EC endpoint to get current weather[2] from that weather station.

[1] http://dd.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/citypage_weather/xml/siteList.xml
[2] example: http://dd.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/citypage_weather/xml/BC/s0000671_e.xml

Configure

  • Run composer install in the "private" folder
  • Copy "config.dist.php" to "config.php" and edit the values

If you want to bootstrap the database with the weather station information, use pg_restore with the dump provided in "private/weather.sql.dump"

If you want to import the weather station data yourself:

  • Create a new database
  • Enable the postgis features on it
  • Run the "create_table.php" script in "private/src/scripts"
  • Run the "import_sites.php" script in "private/src/scripts" (this takes a while)

Request

curl -H "secret: xxx" https://example.org?lat=45.00&lon=-75.00

Response

{
    "condition": "Sunny",
    "temperature": "16",
    "humidity": "12"
}