PySunsetWx

A simple and open source Python wrapper for the SunsetWx Sunburst REST API, which provides sunset and sunrise quality forecasts.

The source code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/salvoventura/pysunsetwx.

Installation

PySunsetWx is available on PyPI and thus can be installed with pip on most platforms.

$ pip install pysunsetwx

Dependencies

This library depends on Requests to make - well - requests to the SunsetWx API. This additional package should be automatically installed at installation time, or you can simply install it by:

$ pip install requests

Usage

Before you can interact with the SunsetWx Sunburst API, you need to register your email address and password. You can do that by registering an account at https://subscriptions.sunsetwx.com/register. You can use your email/password from registration for the API calls.

Constructor

Creates a new API object with your email and password. Automatically handles login, authentication, and auth token refresh.

from pysunsetwx import PySunsetWx
py_sunsetwx = PySunsetWx('yourname@example.org', 'Your1Password')

• Parameters

  Argument	Type	Optional/Required	Notes
  username	str	Required	Used when registering to the service
  password	str	Required	Used when registering to the service

  Returns

  object

  PySunsetWx class instance

.get_quality(latitude, longitude, event)

Returns an array of points, within range of the given coordinates, that contains quality predictions for the next sunrise or sunset.

from pysunsetwx import PySunsetWx
py_sunsetwx = PySunsetWx('yourname@example.org', 'Your1Password')
quality = py_sunsetwx.get_quality(37.773972, -122.431297, 'sunset')

• Parameters

  Argument	Type	Optional/Required	Notes
  latitude	float	Required	Latitude of location of interest
  longitude	float	Required	Longitude of location of interest
  event	str	Optional	'sunset', 'sunrise', default=None for next-occurring event type

  Returns

  dict	JSON data from API call data to dict

Examples

This example shows how to login and retrieve sunset quality data for San Francisco. Other examples in the library examples folder.

import os
from pysunsetwx import PySunsetWx
username = os.environ.get('USERNAME', None) or 'USERNAME'
password = os.environ.get('PASSWORD', None) or 'PASSWORD'

# instantiate PyPexels object
py_sunsetwx = PySunsetWx(username, password)

# get Quality values for San Francisco (37.773972, -122.431297)
quality = py_sunsetwx.get_quality(37.773972, -122.431297, 'sunset')

# print them out
print(quality)

# OUTPUT:
# {
#    'type':'FeatureCollection',
#    'features':[
#       {
#          'type':'Feature',
#          'geometry':{
#             'type':'Point',
#             'coordinates':[
#                -122.429,
#                37.777
#             ]
#          },
#          'properties':{
#             'type':'Sunset',
#             'quality':'Fair',
#             'quality_percent':37.51,
#             'quality_value':-147.696,
#             'temperature':12.73,
#             'last_updated':'2019-06-30T12:00:00Z',
#             'imported_at':'2019-06-30T15:33:11Z',
#             'valid_at':'2019-07-01T03:36:00Z',
#             'dusk':{
#                'civil':'2019-07-01T04:07:00Z',
#                'nautical':'2019-07-01T04:46:00Z',
#                'astronomical':'2019-07-01T05:30:00Z'
#             },
#             'source':'NAM',
#             'distance':0.393
#          }
#       }
#    ]
# }

Version

PySunsetWx v1.0.0b1 (beta, v1)

First release of the PySunsetWx library.

Note

When using this library you still need to abide to SunsetWx Guidelines, which are explained on SunsetWx API page

License

PySunsetWx is released under the MIT License.