Can anyone revive AviationWX, PilotWX, or TAF

sdetweil

@mumblebaj thx. but there is a way to not have to use zlib. I just haven’t found any that work

mumblebaj

@sdetweil If you want to use fetch you can do the first call as follows.

try {
    const response = await fetch(metarUrl, {
      headers: {
        'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip', // Request gzip compression
      },
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`HTTP error! Status: ${response.status}`);
    }

    // Read response body as buffer
    const buffer = await response.buffer();

    // Manually decompress gzip data
    const zlib = require('zlib');
    const decompressedData = zlib.gunzipSync(buffer).toString();

You could use pako.

const decompressedData = pako.inflate(buffer, { to: 'string' });

sdetweil

@mumblebaj but… you are not supposed to have to do either

mumblebaj

@sdetweil I have not seen another way. Sorry…:man_facepalming:

FSAHD

@mumblebaj @sdetweil fwiw, and I don’t know if this would be any easier for the situation.

There is a site called avwx.rest
(I believe the pilot wx all was using that source)

It’s an API built solely for pilot data
You do need a key but maybe the data will be easier to pull?

https://avwx.docs.apiary.io/#

sdetweil

@FSAHD I might use that for pilot.

we are just talking about using more current support , so the module lasts longer

mumblebaj

@sdetweil There is a simple api call from the site to get the metar data whicg might be simpler to use.

https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KMCI%2CKORD%2CKBOS&format=json&taf=true&hours=1&bbox=-26.139%2C28.246&date=2024-03-10T23%3A44%3A22Z

sdetweil

@mumblebaj

thanks to your help I fixed the code to use the airport specific request which returns json and not gzip…

@FSAHD the output changed metar output changed again… sorry
i updated the sample text again

so git pull, and npm install

FSAHD

@sdetweil No worries. I really appreciate both of you alls help. Ill spend as much time I need on my end to get it up and going!

@mumblebaj thanks for adding your .02 cents to help this move forward.

Im new to this MM forum so I am not sure how to go about this but I would love to either get you both a cup of coffee or just donate to your efforts as a thank you!

sdetweil

@FSAHD I don’t accept donations.
I do this for fun and learning, so I’m already rewarded.