Get Weather Conditions using RSS feed

[Todd Reed]

This is my Lua script that graps the current conditions for my area, using the Yahoo RSS feed.

I grab the data and after converting the Icons to my own set, then I load them to my Leopard touch screen, using the Ocelot plugin.

--Script to grab Current Weather Conditions
--using Yahoo RSS weather feed

function Getweather()
CC = luacom.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument")
CC.async = 0
CC:load ("http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss/93720_f.xml")
-- put your zip code in front of XXXXX_f.xml

if CC.parseError.errorCode ~=0 then
print (CC.parseError.reason)
end

-- Location
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//item/title")
CCLocation = node.text

-- Current Temp & Feels Like Temp (Wind Chill?)
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//item/yweather:condition")
CCTemp = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("temp").nodevalue

node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:wind")
CCFeelsTemp = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("chill").nodevalue

--Conditions & Conditions Icon Number
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//item/yweather:condition")
CCCond = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("text").nodevalue

node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//item/yweather:condition")
CCCondIcon = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("code").nodevalue

--Atmospheric Conditions, Pressure, Trend, Unit
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:atmosphere")
CCPressure = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("pressure").nodevalue
	 
--Wind Conditions, Speed, Direction, (mph)
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:wind")
CCWindSpeed = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("speed").nodevalue

node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:wind")
CCWindDirection = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("direction").nodevalue
--check for verbage and convert
if CCWindSpeed == "calm" then CCWindSpeed = 0 end
     
--Humidity, Visability
node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:atmosphere")
CCHmid = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("humidity").nodevalue

node = CC:selectSingleNode ("//channel/yweather:atmosphere")
CCVis = node.Attributes:getNamedItem("visibility").nodevalue
 
-- Icon Conversions for use with ADI Leopard touch screen
--Sunny
if CCCondIcon=="31" then CCCondIcon=31 end
if CCCondIcon=="32" then CCCondIcon=31 end
if CCCondIcon=="36" then CCCondIcon=31 end
if CCCondIcon=="44" then CCCondIcon=31 end
--Partial Sun
if CCCondIcon=="23" then CCCondIcon=32 end
if CCCondIcon=="24" then CCCondIcon=32 end
if CCCondIcon=="29" then CCCondIcon=32 end
if CCCondIcon=="30" then CCCondIcon=32 end
--Scattered Showers
if CCCondIcon=="39" then CCCondIcon=33 end
if CCCondIcon=="41" then CCCondIcon=33 end
if CCCondIcon=="45" then CCCondIcon=33 end
if CCCondIcon=="48" then CCCondIcon=33 end
--Cloudy
if CCCondIcon=="26" then CCCondIcon=34 end
if CCCondIcon=="27" then CCCondIcon=34 end
if CCCondIcon=="28" then CCCondIcon=34 end
--Showers
if CCCondIcon=="11" then CCCondIcon=35 end
if CCCondIcon=="12" then CCCondIcon=35 end
if CCCondIcon=="40" then CCCondIcon=35 end
--Hail/Ice
if CCCondIcon=="5" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="6" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="7" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="8" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="9" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="10" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="13" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="14" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="15" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="16" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="18" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="25" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="42" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="43" then CCCondIcon=36 end
if CCCondIcon=="46" then CCCondIcon=36 end
--Thunderstorms
if CCCondIcon=="0" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="1" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="2" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="3" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="4" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="17" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="35" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="37" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="38" then CCCondIcon=37 end
if CCCondIcon=="47" then CCCondIcon=37 end
--Foggy
if CCCondIcon=="20" then CCCondIcon=38 end
--Hazy
if CCCondIcon=="19" then CCCondIcon=39 end
if CCCondIcon=="21" then CCCondIcon=39 end
if CCCondIcon=="22" then CCCondIcon=39 end
if CCCondIcon=="33" then CCCondIcon=39 end
if CCCondIcon=="34" then CCCondIcon=39 end

-- close it all
CC = nil
collectgarbage ()

--Debug print to check in Lua console
print ("Weather "..CCLocation)
print ("Currently "..CCCond..", Icon Number "..CCCondIcon)
print ("Current Temp "..CCTemp.." F")
print ("Feels Like "..CCFeelsTemp.." F")
print ("Wind Speed "..CCWindSpeed.."mph, Direction "..CCWindDirection.." degrees")
print ("Pressure "..CCPressure.." in")
print ("Humidity "..CCHmid.."%, Visability "..CCVis.." miles")

--Send variables to ADI Leopard touch screen to display Current Weather
Ocelot:SetVariable(30,CCTemp)
Ocelot:SetVariable(31,CCFeelsTemp)
Ocelot:SetVariable(32,CCCondIcon)
Ocelot:SetVariable(33,CCHmid)
Ocelot:SetVariable(34,CCWindSpeed)
end

Getweather()
collectgarbage ()

Just replace your 5 digit zipcode for your area!

[reeven]

Todd Reed, how to use this?

EDIT: Found it