To that effect I submit the following:
Requires: Geo::METAR
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Gets METAR information from my Favorite Airports and
# displays temp and wind speed direction.
use LWP::UserAgent;
use Geo::METAR;
use strict;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $uri = "http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mgetmetar.pl?cccc=";
my $m = new Geo::METAR;
#airport codes
my %code = (
Renton => 'krnt',
Ephrata => 'keph',
Boeing_Field => 'kbfi',
CourDAlene => 'kcoe',
Sea_Tac => 'ksea',
);
my (%site,$key,$value);
while (($key,$value) = each %code) {
$site{$value}=$key;
}
for (keys %code) {
$uri .= $code{$_} . "%20";
}
my $req = HTTP::Request->new('GET',$uri);
my $res = $ua->request($req);
if ($res->is_success) {
my @content = split("\n",$res->content);
if (@content) {
for (@content) {
if (/\d{6}Z/) {
$m->metar($_);
print <<"EOT";
Site: $site{lc($m->{SITE})}
Time: $m->{TIME}
Temp: $m->{F_TEMP} deg F.
Wind: $m->{WIND_MPH} mph.
Dir: $m->{WIND_DIR_ENG}
EOT
}
}
}
} else {
print "Error: " . $res->status_line . "\n";
}
Update: Per Odud's excellent suggestion, I added error checking on the get. This meant usingLWP::UserAgent rather than
LWP::Simple |