Skyentific

Skyentific is a Python library for retrieving current weather conditions from a Davis Skyentific IP Logger.

Features

• Retrieve current weather observations including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and more
• Automatically retry failed requests with configurable delays
• Extensive logging for diagnosing issues
• Fully type-hinted for ease of use and maintainability

Installation

Install Skyentific using pip:

pip install skyentific

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use Skyentific to retrieve the current weather conditions:

from skyentific import get_current_condition

host = '192.168.1.100'
port = 22222

try:
    observation = get_current_condition(host, port)
    print(f"Temperature: {observation.outside_temperature}°C")
    print(f"Humidity: {observation.outside_humidity}%")
    print(f"Wind Speed: {observation.wind_speed} km/h")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Command Line Usage

After installing the skyentific package, you can use the skyentific command line script to retrieve current weather conditions from a Skyentific IP Logger.

skyentific <host> <port>

• host: The hostname or IP address of the Skyentific IP Logger.
• port: The port number to connect to.

The script will output the current weather conditions in JSON format.

Example:

skyentific 192.168.1.100 22222

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://skyentific.readthedocs.io/.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute to the project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Davis Instruments team for providing the Skyentific IP Logger and documentation.

Support

If you have any questions, issues, or feature requests, please open an issue on GitHub.