class DWML

Creates a new instance of the DWML class.

@param Nokogiri::XML::Document @return [DWML]

# File lib/dwml.rb, line 26
def initialize(xmldoc)
  @xmldoc = xmldoc
  @output = {}
end

Processes the associated XML document with DWML object and returns a detailed hash of the weather metrics and also stores it in the +@output+ instance variable.

@return [Hash]

Hash Structure¶ ↑

The returned hash will have a consistent structure under :product and :source keys. The :parameters value will vary depending on the original XML/DWML document that is passed to DWML.new.

Example Output¶ ↑

{:product=>
  {:title=>"NOAA's National Weather Service Forecast Data",
   :field=>"meteorological",
   :category=>"forecast",
   :creation_date=>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 18:49:42 UTC +00:00},
 :source=>
  {:product_center=>
    "Meteorological Development Laboratory - Product Generation Branch",
   :more_information=>"https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/",
   :disclaimer=>"http://www.nws.noaa.gov/disclaimer.html",
   :credit=>"https://www.weather.gov/",
   :credit_logo=>"https://www.weather.gov/logorequest",
   :feedback=>"https://www.weather.gov/contact"},
 :parameters=>
  {"point1"=>
    {:latitude=>38.99,
     :longitude=>-77.01,
     :temperature=>
      {:maximum=>
        {:name=>"Daily Maximum Temperature",
         :values=>
          [{:value=>48.0,
            :start_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>59.0,
            :start_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>68.0,
            :start_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>66.0,
            :start_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>62.0,
            :start_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00}]},
       :minimum=>
        {:name=>"Daily Minimum Temperature",
         :values=>
          [{:value=>35.0,
            :start_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>31.0,
            :start_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>40.0,
            :start_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>51.0,
            :start_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC +00:00},
           {:value=>48.0,
            :start_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC +00:00,
            :unit=>"Fahrenheit",
            :end_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC +00:00}]}}}}}

# File lib/dwml.rb, line 111
def process
  if @xmldoc.is_a?(Nokogiri::XML::Document)
    build_head
    build_data
    output
  else
    raise DWML::NokogiriDocumentError, "The input is not an Nokogiri::XML::Document"
  end
end