Make MMM-Surf more international

[Doddie99]

Is it possible to rework this to make it more international, so remove the tide times from NOAA and have an option to just use MagicSeaweed feed? Would love to use this in UK but tide times from NOAA are required so not applicable?

[Privacywonk]

I love the idea but sadly MagicSeaweed does not support tide data as part of their API: https://magicseaweed.com/developer/forecast-api

If you can find me a UKI source of tide data (NOAA equiv?) I'd be happy to look into integrating the data feed as an option.

[Doddie99]

Brilliant, there is another module MMM-Tides that uses https://www.worldtides.info/
This would make it truly international! Surfers everywhere will be using this module. I would try to help but only have basic Fortran and Python I'm afraid.

[Privacywonk]

I'll take a look at world tides, though paying for data that most governments supply for free rubs me the wrong way. Stay tuned, can't promise when I will turn this around but soon (this is hobby only).

For my documentation UK sources can be found here: https://admiraltyapi.portal.azure-api.net/ (more: https://www.admiralty.co.uk/digital-services/data-solutions/uk-tidal-api).

[Doddie99]

Hi there, isn't it a free API as I signed up for it?

[Doddie99]

Sorry just saw the worldtides.info the api expires after 30 days, here are the details for the admiralty api:
UK Tidal API
API change history
Station
Get the Tidal Station for the provided Station ID. Returned format is a standard GeoJSON Feature. The tidal station number is used as the GeoJSON feature Id. The feature has a Point geometry. The following custom properties are returned:

Id - The Tidal Station Number to be used in other API operations.
Name - The Tidal Station Name.
Country - The Country that provided the data for the Tidal Station.
Continuous Heights Available - A boolean to indicate if continuous heights are available for the Tidal Station.
Footnote - Footnote text.
Request
Request URL
https://admiraltyapi.azure-api.net/uktidalapi/api/V1/Stations/{stationId}
Request parameters
stationId string
The Tidal Station ID.

Request headers
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key string Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.
Request body
Responses
200 OK
OK

Representations
application/json
text/json
Sample
Schema
{
"type": "Point",
"id": "string",
"geometry": {
"Type": "Point"
},
"properties": {},
"bbox": [
0.0
],
"crs": {
"Type": "unspecified"
}
}
400 Bad Request
Bad Request

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application/json
text/json
401 Unauthorized
Unauthorised user or incorrect subscription key

Representations
application/json
text/json
403 Forbidden
Quota Exceeded

Representations
application/json
text/json
404 Not Found
Not Found

Representations
application/json
text/json
429 Too many requests
Too Many Requests

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application/json
text/json
500 Internal Server Error
Internal Server Error

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application/json
text/json
Code samples
Curl
C#
Java
JavaScript
ObjC
PHP
Python
Ruby
@echo OFF

curl -v -X GET "https://admiraltyapi.azure-api.net/uktidalapi/api/V1/Stations/{stationId}"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}"

[Privacywonk]

Sea Surface Temperature Data - Global
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/index.html -- as of today I have JSON pulls composed properly to allow for global SST data based on lat/lon.

Global Tides
Exploring https://api.hood.land/api/tides as potential data source for global tides. Working to integrate over the holiday...stay tuned for updates.

[Privacywonk]

Tracking progress...
I have https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/index.html integrated and pulling data into the tool.

TODO:

• Add config item for US or International users. Proposed: spotCountry:US/INTL (REQUIRED)

Add logic to data fetcher & render engine to switch between two based on config selection.
If US -> Use Tides and Current for higher level precision data
If International -> Use coastwatch for daily temperature measurement