Overview
A Python client library for the SkyWise Insight API. Check out the API docs to reference exposed endpoints. Also check out some examples.
Prerequisites
Windows Users You will most likely need to install gevent beforehand. You can typically find the latest wheel here.
Installation
pip install skywise-insightConfigure App ID/Key
The easiest (and recommended) way to configure authentication to the API is by setting the following environment variables:
SKYWISE_INSIGHT_APP_ID='{YOUR_APP_ID}'
SKYWISE_INSIGHT_APP_KEY='{YOUR_APP_KEY}'Otherwise, you'll need to set your App ID/Key explicitly in your app/script before making API calls:
from skywiseinsight import InsightResource
InsightResource.set_user('{YOUR_APP_ID}')
InsightResource.set_password('{YOUR_APP_KEY}')Try It Out
Let's test out our install by requesting the latest Daily Precipitation data for OKC:
import json
from skywiseinsight import DailyPrecipitation as dp
precip = dp.location(35.4, -97.5)
print json.dumps(precip.json())Your output should look something similar to this:
{
"startDate":"2016-08-03",
"endDate":"2016-08-08",
"series":[
{
"validDate":"2016-08-08",
"value":0.3
},
{
"validDate":"2016-08-07",
"value":0.1
},
{
"validDate":"2016-08-06",
"value":0.8
},
{
"validDate":"2016-08-05",
"value":0.3
},
{
"validDate":"2016-08-04",
"value":0.1
},
{
"validDate":"2016-08-03",
"value":0.2
}
],
"longitude":-97.5,
"latitude":35.4,
"precipitation":1.8,
"unit":{
"description":"millimeters",
"label":"mm"
}
}
