AWARE: Open Weather

The Open Weather plugin allows us to collect weather information based on your location. The weather data comes from Open Weather API. For using the API, you need to prepare your API KEY on https://openweathermap.org/api.

Requirements

iOS 10 or later

Installation

com.awareframework.ios.sensor.openweather is available through CocoaPods.

To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'com.awareframework.ios.sensor.openweather'

com_aware_ios_sensor_openweather library into your source code.

import com_awareframework_ios_sensor_openweather

Public functions

OpenWeatherSensor

init(config:OpenWeatherSensor.Config?) : Initializes the open weather sensor with the optional configuration.
start(): Starts the open weather sensor with the optional configuration.
stop(): Stops the service.

OpenWeatherSensor.Config

Class to hold the configuration of the sensor.

Fields

sensorObserver: OpenWeatherObserver: Callback for live data updates.

interval: Int: How frequently to fetch weather information (in minutes), (default = 60)
units: String: imperial or metric (default = "metric")
apiKey: String: OpenWeather API key. Get your free API key from openweathermap.org (default = null)

enabled: Boolean Sensor is enabled or not. (default = false)
debug: Boolean enable/disable logging to Xcode console. (default = false)
label: String Label for the data. (default = "")
deviceId: String Id of the device that will be associated with the events and the sensor. (default = "")
dbEncryptionKey Encryption key for the database. (default = null)
dbType: Engine Which db engine to use for saving data. (default = Engine.DatabaseType.NONE)
dbPath: String Path of the database. (default = "aware_openweather")
dbHost: String Host for syncing the database. (default = null)

Broadcasts

Fired Broadcasts

OpenWeatherSensor.ACTION_AWARE_OPENWEATHER fired when gyroscope saved data to db after the period ends.

Received Broadcasts

OpenWeatherSensor.ACTION_AWARE_OPENWEATHER_START: received broadcast to start the sensor.
OpenWeatherSensor.ACTION_AWARE_OPENWEATHER_STOP: received broadcast to stop the sensor.
OpenWeatherSensor.ACTION_AWARE_OPENWEATHER_SYNC: received broadcast to send sync attempt to the host.
OpenWeatherSensor.ACTION_AWARE_OPENWEATHER_SET_LABEL: received broadcast to set the data label. Label is expected in the OpenWeatherSensor.EXTRA_LABEL field of the intent extras.

Data Representations

OpenWeather Data

Contains the raw sensor data.

Field	Type	Description
city	String	weather's city
temperature	Double	current atmospheric temperature
temperatureMax	Double	forecast highest temperature
temperatureMin	Double	forecast lowest temperature
unit	String	measurement unit (metric, imperial)
humidity	Double	forecast humidity percentage
pressure	Double	atmospheric pressure
windSpeed	Double	wind's speed in m/s
windDegrees	Double	wind's direction
cloudiness	Double	percent amount of clouds in the sky
rain	Double	amount of rain in past hour, in millimeters
snow	Double	amount of snow in past hour, in millimeters
sunrise	Double	timestamp of sunrise
sunset	Double	timestamp of sunset
weatherIconId	Int	icon ID from OpenWeather
weatherDescription	String	forecast description
label	String	Customizable label. Useful for data calibration or traceability
deviceId	String	AWARE device UUID
label	String	Customizable label. Useful for data calibration or traceability
timestamp	Int64	unixtime milliseconds since 1970
timezone	Int	Raw timezone offset of the device
os	String	Operating system of the device (e.g., ios)

Example usage

openWeather = OpenWeatherSensor.init(OpenWeatherSensor.Config().apply{config in
    config.interval = 15 // 15min
    config.apiKey   = "YOUR_API_KEY"
    config.sensorObserver = Observer()
})
openWeather?.start()

class Observer:OpenWeatherObserver{
    func onDataChanged(data: OpenWeatherData) {
        // Your code here
    }
}

Author

Yuuki Nishiyama, yuukin@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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