nwsapy 0.1.0

A package to help with NWS API requests

NWS-APy: An Object-Oriented Approach to the National Weather Service API

NWS-APy takes an object-oriented approach to retrieving (GET) and organizing data using the National Weather Service API (found here: https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api#/)

There's a few advantages to using this package:

• Clean and Simplistic Code - The syntax is very english-like.
• No worries about JSON. NWSAPy takes care of anything JSON-related, including formats (GeoJSON, JSON-LD, etc).
• 404 Error Minimization. This is handled through data validation checks, as well as handling URL construction.
• Response errors are handled. Response errors are handled appropriately.
• Consistency matters. Even if the response doesn't have a specific attribute, NWSAPy makes sure something exists so your code doesn't break.

As a visual example, the left side of the image below is a typical JSON response from the API. NWSAPy takes this and converts it into an object, as shown on the right. There are also built-in methods to help with filtering, counting, and even converting the information into a dataframe.

Documentation

Documentation for NWSAPy be found here

Contact/Support

I want to hear from you. If you have any questions regarding the package usage, please send me an email. If you encounter an issue, please open an issue on GitHub.