UKTides_pi using the UKHO API

[Rasbats]

UKHO have published an API which allows the downloading of HW/LW times/heights for up to 7 days in the future. Over 600 UK locations are included.

There are already a number of websites which offer this data but this new plugin keeps everything within OpenCPN, which may help route planning.

At the moment the installer is only for OpenCPN 5.0:

https://github.com/Rasbats/UKTides_pi/releases/tag/v0.1

Get the beta for OpenCPN 5.0 here:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ts-213737.html

I found that wxCurl gave problems with HTTP GET and moved to curl/curlcpp. CMakeLists.txt would need editing for Linux work, but this is beyond me!

Although the present plugin duplicates data available elsewhere I hope that any future enhancements of the API will offer more functionality.

Mike

[nohal]

Mike...
What exactly were the problems you saw? The chartdownloader plugin is using HTTP GET to download all the charts and we have never heard about it being problematic. I would definitely prefer all the plugins using the centralised HTTP support provided by the OpenCPN core over million copies of cURL all over the place...

Pavel

[Rasbats]

Pavel ...

Probably my lack of skill! I will have look at ChartDownloader and see if it helps.

Mike

[Rasbats]

Pavel ...

Reminded myself what the problem was, using ofc_pi as a template.

This is the response from wxCurl:

<FeatureCollection xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GeoJSON.Net.Feature">
<BoundingBoxes xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" i:nil="true" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GeoJSON.Net" />
<CRS i:nil="true" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/GeoJSON.Net" />
</FeatureCollection>

This is the same response that comes from FireFox. But ... MS Internet Explorer does retrieve the file of tidal stations! For this reason I left wxCurl and went straight to curl/curlcpp. Could the way that the API/UKHO server is setup be the cause of this?

Simple json comes through but not when it includes a FeatureCollection.

Mike

[nohal]

Mike...

This is obviously not JSON but XML, so I would kind of suspect a misconfiguration on the server side here if JSON was the actual expected answer... May I ask for the URL you are querying?

Pavel

[Rasbats]

Pavel ...

I have sent you a PM.

Mike

[Schnapsy]

Hello,

I recently installed the version 4.99.1408 in parallel with version 4.88.

I then installed your UKtides plugin specifying the installation path.

However the plugin did not install naturally but created a new OpenCPN folder in which is just this plugin.
So I copied / pasted the plugin data into the original plugins folder and it works fine, thanks ...

This detail should be made clear to everyone who installed OCN 4.99 in parallel with the 4.88 version.

[Rasbats]

Thanks Schnapsy.

Yes, the installer adds "OpenCPN" onto the file path when you use the browse option. I normally use the spacebar to add a space after the basic version, which gives me a list of the OpenCPN versions that are installed. Install works correctly after that. No OpenCPN is then added after the root folder.

I think you would find the same problem with other plugins when doing a parallel installation. Logbookkonni had the same problem for me when tested.

Not sure if the installer could be adjusted for this but I will try and include a note in the manual for my plugins.


Mike

[bcn]

In the case of a parallel install under Windows one has always to select the target version.
By default the programs\opencpn directory will be used.
If you have only one version it will live in this directory (if one does not force a different name).

And the way to place the cursor in the selector dropdown list when asked for the install directory and adding "space" will show all parallel installs. Works for almost(?) all plug-ins under Windows.

[Rasbats]

Version 0.2 now uses OpenCPN base code for curl, via the API.
TODO: Compile with Linux.

Mike

[Rasbats]

v2.3 for use with OpenCPN 5.7.1-beta/5.8 is now in the master catalog.

Any problems please post here.

Mike

[Gilletarom]

Originally Posted by Rasbats

v2.3 for use with OpenCPN 5.7.1-beta/5.8 is now in the master catalog.

Any problems please post here.

Mike

Hello Mike,

Satisfactory test for UKTide. A few items to add to the language file. See on the screenshot.