wind-js-server v0.0.3

wind-js-server

Simple demo rest service to expose GRIB2 wind forecast data (1 degree, 6 hourly from NOAA) as JSON.

Consumed in wind-js-leaflet. Contains a pre-packaged copy of grib2json for conversion.

Data Vis demo here: http://danwild.github.io/wind-js-leaflet/

Note that this is intended as a crude demonstration, not intended for production use. To get to production; you should improve upon this or build your own.

install, run:

(assumes you have node and npm installed)

npm install
npm start

endpoints

• /latest returns the most up to date JSON data available
• /nearest returns JSON data nearest to requested - $GET params: - timeIso an ISO timestamp for temporal target - searchLimit number of days to search beyond the timeIso (will search backwards, then forwards)
• /alive health check url, returns simple message

License

MIT License (MIT)