weather.py

from flask_restful import Resource
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import urllib2
import re

data = {}

class Weather(Resource):
    global data
    webpage = urllib2.urlopen('https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/')
    soup = BeautifulSoup(webpage, "html.parser")
    location = str(soup.find_all('font')[3])
    match = re.compile(r'<b>(.*?)<br>(.*?)<\/br>')
    data['weather_station_location'] = match.search(location).group(1) + " " + match.search(location).group(2)

    time = str(soup.find_all('font')[5])
    match = re.compile(r'<font.*?>((([0-9]+):([0-9]+))(AM|PM))')
    data['last_recorded_time'] = match.search(time).group(1) # convert to Unix

    weather_data = str(soup.find_all('font')[6])
    match = re.compile('<font.*?\\n(.*?)\\n')
    data['weather_condition'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1).strip()
    match = re.compile(r'Temperature:.*?([0-9]+)')
    data['temperature'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)
    match = re.compile(r'Dew Point:.*?([0-9]+)')
    data['dew_point'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)
    match = re.compile(r'Rel. Humidity:.*?([0-9]+%)')
    data['relative_humidity'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)
    match = re.compile('<br>Winds:(.*?)\\n')
    data['winds'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)
    match = re.compile('Visibility:.*?([0-9]+.*?)\\n')
    data['visibility'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)
    match = re.compile('Pressure:.*?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9][0-9]?)?).*?)\\n(.*?)\\n')
    data['pressure'] = match.search(weather_data).group(1)

    data['latestRadarImage'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/nicerad/nicerad_N.gif"
    data['stormTotalPrecipImage'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/niceradilxpretx/niceradilxpretx_N.gif"
    data['surfaceTempImage'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/sfctmp/sfctmp_N.gif"
    data['surfaceDewPointTempImage'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/sfctdp/sfctdp_N.gif"
    data['seaLevelPressure'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/sfcslp/sfcslp_N.gif"
    data['mdwSufaceObservations'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/sfcslp/sfcslp_N.gif"
    data['irImage'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/satconusenhir/satconusenhir_N.gif"
    data['irImage2'] = "https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/tree/prods/current/satnoamir/satnoamir_N.gif"

    def get(self):
      return data