wsklima_test.py

import requests
from lxml import etree
import json

"""
Set request parameters. !!! Currently that does not work since the dictionary provides an arbitrary order, but the "invoke" command needs to be send first. 
"""
param = {'timeserietypeID': '2', 'elem_codes': 'FF', 'username': "", 'invoke': 'getStationsFromTimeserieTypeElemCodes'}
#r = requests.get('http://eklima.met.no/met/MetService', params=param)


"""
Current solution with fixed URL string.
"""
#r = requests.get("http://eklima.met.no/met/MetService?invoke=getStationsFromTimeserieTypeElemCodes&timeserietypeID=2&elem_codes=FF&username=")
#r = requests.get("http://eklima.met.no/met/MetService?invoke=getElementsFromTimeserieTypeStation&timeserietypeID=2&stnr=23550")

# r = requests.get("http://eklima.met.no/met/MetService?invoke=getMetData&timeserietypeID=2&format=&from=2006-01-01&to=2006-02-02&stations=18700&elements=ra%2Ctam%2Ctax&hours=0%2C6%2C12%2C18&months=&username=")

r = requests.get("http://eklima.met.no/met/MetService?invoke=getMetData&timeserietypeID=2&format=&from=2013-09-01&to=2014-05-31&stations=18700&elements=ra%2Ctam%2Ctax&hours=0%2C6%2C12%2C18&months=&username=")


print r.url 
print r.text
print r.raw

data = json.loads(r.text)
print data

tree = etree.parse(r.text)

root = tree.getroot()

# Print tree structure of file
print etree.tostring(root, pretty_print=True)


fid = open('blindern_2013-2014.xml', 'w')
fid.write(r.text)
fid.close()