Bogus aprs.fi api script

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import httplib
import json
# import socket
import sys
import time

apikey = 'XXX'
apiurl = 'api.aprs.fi'
ssid   = 'K2MTS-1'

conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(apiurl)

try:
    conn.request('GET', '/api/get?name=' + ssid + '&what=wx&apikey=' + apikey + '&format=json')
# except socket.gaierror:
except:
    print "Couldn't query aprs.fi! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

try:
    response = conn.getresponse()
except:
    print "Couldn't get a response from aprs.fi! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

result   = response.read()

try:
    jresult  = json.loads(result)
except:
    print "Couldn't parse JSON from aprs.fi! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

# print type(jresult)
entries = jresult['entries'][0]
temp    = entries['temp']
ts      = entries['time']
wind    = entries['wind_gust']

print 'K2MTS-1 ' + time.ctime(float(ts)) + ' Observation'
print 'Temperature: ' + temp + 'C'
print 'Wind Gust: ' + wind + 'm/s'

Bogus aprs.fi API call

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