Simple Python API for snowdaycalculator.com

snowday.py

import requests
from dataclasses import dataclass
import re
import datetime

class SchoolType:
    PUBLIC = 0
    URBAN_PUBLIC = 0.4
    RURAL_PUBLIC = -0.4
    PRIVATE = -0.4
    BOARDING = 1

def datetime_to_daycode(day: datetime.datetime):
    return '{0:%Y%m%d}'.format(day)

class Prediction:
    def __init__(self):
        self.data = {}

    def _set_data(self, daycode, chance):
        self.data[daycode] = min(99, chance)

    def chance(self, day):
        daycode = datetime_to_daycode(day)
        if daycode in self.data:
            return self.data[daycode]
        
        return None
    
    def chance_today(self):
        return self.chance(datetime.datetime.today())
    
    def chance_tmrw(self):
        return self.chance(datetime.datetime.today() + datetime.timedelta(days=1))

def predict(zipcode: str, snowdays: int=0, schooltype: int=SchoolType.PUBLIC):
    response = requests.get(
        'https://www.snowdaycalculator.com/prediction.php',
        {
            'zipcode': zipcode,
            'snowdays': snowdays,
            'extra': schooltype
        }
    ).text
    
    js_predictions = re.findall(r'theChance\[\d+\] = [\d\.]+;', response)
    
    result = Prediction()

    for pred in js_predictions:
        key, value = pred.split(" = ")
        daycode = re.findall(r'\d+', key)[0]
        chance = re.findall(r'[\d+\.]+', value)[0]

        result._set_data(daycode, chance)
        
    return result

snowdaycalculator.md

python-snowdaycalculator

Basic usage

import snowday

prediction = snowday.predict('12345', 0, snowday.SchoolType.PUBLIC)
print(f'There is a {prediction.chance_tmrw()}% chance of a snow day tomorrow.')

Documentation

snowday.predict(zipcode: str, snowdays: int=0, schooltype: int=SchoolType.PUBLIC)

Returns a Prediction object

snowday.Prediction()

• Prediction.chance(day: datetime.datetime)

  Return the % chance of a snow day on the specified day represented as a datetime object or None if no prediction was listed for that day

• Prediction.chance_today()

  Returns the chance of a snow day for today, or None if not found

• Prediction.chance_tmrw()

  Returns the chance of a snow day for tomorrow, or None if not found

snowday.SchoolType

Constants describing the type of school

• SchoolType.PUBLIC
• SchoolType.URBAN_PUBLIC
• SchoolType.RURAL_PUBLIC
• SchoolType.PRIVATE
• SchoolType.BOARDING

Awesome! Thanks for this.

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