Vatsim Metar

A Ruby gem which pulls and displays the latest VATSIM metar for a particular station (ICAO code).

Ruby 2.0 or higher

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'vatsim_metar'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install vatsim_metar

The .metar method can be applied to a string (or variable containing a string), representing a valid ICAO code. Like this:

"EGLL".metar # => "EGLL 291750Z 22016KT 9999 SCT023 SCT032 18/13 Q1005"

airport = "EGLL"
airport.metar # => "EGLL 291750Z 22016KT 9999 SCT023 SCT032 18/13 Q1005"

The input ICAO code is not case sensitive, so the following should work as well:

"kjfk".metar # => "KJFK 291751Z 24016KT 10SM FEW180 SCT250 32/21 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP049 T03170211 10322 20222 58008"

airport = "kjfk"
airport.metar # => "KJFK 291751Z 24016KT 10SM FEW180 SCT250 32/21 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP049 T03170211 10322 20222 58008"

This library augments the default Ruby String class with a method named .metar. It returns a string, containing the latest Vatsim METAR. The data is obtained via curl from Vatsim's web API, hence the curb dependency.

• dependcies update

• added timeout limit
• added connection failure rescue
• check for METAR validity
• dependency update

• added Ruby 2.0 support

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Make sure all tests pass!
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request

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