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Takapuna Tides

Posted by corkstu, Last update over 3 years ago

Queries Tidespy for tide information for a location - requires an API key (free) from Tidespy and setting of placename id (currently set to Takapuna, NZ => 3147).

Set to use metric units and request 2 days’ information, but tweak away… (and forgive my dubious coding)

Steps

  • defineTemplateTag

    name
    placename
    template
    3147
  • script

    let placename = draft.getTemplateTag("placename");
    
    let credential = Credential.create("TideSpy", "API key for access to TideSpy raw API.");
    credential.addTextField("apiKey", "API Key");
    credential.authorize();
    
    let todayDate = strftime(new Date(),"%Y%m%d");
    let output = [];
    let header = "| Tide | Date-Time | Time Until | Height | \n|:----|---:|----:|----:|\n";
    
    
    let http = HTTP.create(); // create HTTP object
    //var response = http.request({"url": queryurl,"method": "GET"});
    
    let response = http.request({
      "url": "http://tidespy.com/api/tideturns",
      "method": "GET",
      "parameters": {
        "pn":placename,
        "unit":"m",
        "start":todayDate,
        "days":"2",
        "key":credential.getValue("apiKey")
      }
    });
    
    
    if (response.success){
    
     	let tides = JSON.parse(response.responseText); 
     	
    	let dayMinute = 60*(parseInt(strftime(new Date(),"%H"))) +  parseInt(strftime(new Date(),"%M"));
     
     	for(let x in tides.Turns){
     	
     		// Ignore past tide information for today
     		if(tides.Turns[x].Date == todayDate && tides.Turns[x].Minute < dayMinute)
     		{
     			continue;
     			
     		}else{
     			
      			let hourminute = pad(Math.floor(tides.Turns[x].Minute/60),2) + ":" + pad(Math.floor(tides.Turns[x].Minute % 60),2);
     			let isodate = tides.Turns[x].Date.substring(0,4) + "-" + tides.Turns[x].Date.substring(4,6) + "-" + tides.Turns[x].Date.substring(6);
     			let timeUntil = timeBetweenNow(isodate,hourminute);
     			
     			output.push("|" + tides.Turns[x].HorL + "|" + isodate + " " + hourminute + "|" + timeUntil + "|" + tides.Turns[x].Height + "|");
     		}		
     	}
     	 	
     	draft.setTemplateTag("content", header + output.join("\n"));
      	  	
    }else{
      console.log(response.statusCode);
      console.log(response.error);
    }
    
    
    // F U N C T I O N S
    
    function pad(num, size) {
        let s = num+"";
        while (s.length < size) s = "0" + s;
        return s;
    }
    
    // Calculate the time in hours and minutes between the time now and an ISO date and 24-hour time
    function timeBetweenNow(d,m){
    	
    	let nowDate = strftime(new Date(),"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M");
    	let diff = Math.abs(new Date(d + "T" + m) - new Date(nowDate));
    	
    	let totalmin = Math.floor(diff/60000);
    	let hour = Math.floor(totalmin/60);
    	let min = Math.floor(totalmin % 60);	
    	return hour + "h " + min +"m";
    }
    
  • htmlpreview

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html dir="auto">
    
    <head>
      <title>[[title]]</title>
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
      <style>
        @charset "utf-8";
    
        :root {
          --main-bg-color: white;
          --main-color: black;
          --alternate-bg-color: #efefef;
          --alternate-color: #222222;
          --main-border-color: #BBBBBB;
            --link-color: #627EC9;
        }
    
        @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
          :root {
            --main-bg-color: #222222;
            --main-color: #eeeeee;
            --alternate-bg-color: #444444;
            --alternate-color: #cccccc;
            --main-border-color: #AAAAAA;
              --link-color: #627EC9;
          }
        }
    
        html {
          font-size: 100%;
          font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "helvetica neue", helvetica, roboto, noto, "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif;
          line-height: 1.4;
        }
    
        body {
          margin: 0;
          padding: 1em;
          background-color: var(--main-bg-color);
          color: var(--main-color);
        }
    
        @media (max-device-width: 480px) {}
    
        @media (min-device-width: 481px) {
          body {
            margin: auto;
            max-width: 600px;
          }
        }
    
        blockquote {
          font-style: italic;
          margin: 1.5em 2em;
          padding: 1em;
          background-color: var(--alternate-bg-color);
          color: var(--alternate-color);
        }
    
        a {
          color: var(--link-color);
        }
        pre {
          display: block;
          overflow: scroll;
          width: 100%;
          background-color: var(--alternate-bg-color);
          padding: .5em 1em;
          margin: 1em 0;
        }
    
        code {
          background-color: var(--alternate-bg-color);
          color: var(--alternate-color);
          font-family: Menlo, Courier, sans-serif;
          padding: 2px 3px;
        }
    
        table {
          margin: 1.5em 0;
          border: 1px solid var(--main-border-color);
          border-collapse: collapse;
        }
    
        th {
          padding: .25em .5em;
          background: var(--alternate-bg-color);
          border: 1px solid var(--main-border-color);
        }
    
        td {
          padding: .25em .5em;
          border: 1px solid var(--main-border-color);
        }
    
        img {
          max-width: 90%;
        }
      </style>
    </head>
    
    <body>
      %%[[content]]%%
    </body>
    
    </html>
    

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