Brightness is configurable; Allows for skipping over LEDs;

src/metar_map/__main__.py

@@ -7,20 +7,30 @@
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     config = load_config()
-    icao_codes: list[str] = config.get("icao_codes", [])
+    raw_icao_codes: list[str] = config.get("icao_codes", [])
     refresh_time: int = int(config.get("refresh_time", 1800))
+    brightness: float = float(config.get("brightness", 0.15))
+    led_map = [
+        (i, code) for i, code in enumerate(raw_icao_codes) if code and code.strip()
+    ]
+    filtered_icao_codes = [code for _, code in led_map]
     client = MetarClient()
     builder = LEDPatternBuilder()
-    controller = LEDController(num_leds=len(icao_codes))
+    controller = LEDController(num_leds=len(raw_icao_codes), brightness=brightness)
     logger = Logger()
-    logger.info(f"Metar Map started up with the following settings:")
+    logger.info("Metar Map started up with the following settings:")
     logger.info(f"{config}")
     try:
         while True:
-            metar_data = client.get_metar(icao_codes)
-            for i, data in enumerate(metar_data):
+            metar_data = client.get_metar(filtered_icao_codes)
+            metar_lookup = {d.icao: d for d in metar_data if d.icao}
+            for led_index, icao in led_map:
+                data = metar_lookup.get(icao)
                 logger.debug("----------------------------------------")
-                logger.debug(f"Index: {i}")
+                logger.debug(f"LED Index: {led_index} ICAO: {icao}")
+                if not data:
+                    logger.warning(f"No METAR data for `{icao}`. Skipping...")
+                    continue
                 if data.flight_category is None:
                     logger.warning(
                         f"Flight category for `{data.icao}` was None. Skipping..."
@@ -31,7 +41,7 @@
                     lightning=data.lightning,
                     snow=bool(data.snow),
                 )
-                controller.update_patterns(i, patterns)
+                controller.update_patterns(led_index, patterns)
                 logger.debug(f"ICAO: {data.icao}")
                 logger.debug(f"Flight Category: {data.flight_category}")
                 for pattern in patterns:

src/metar_map/client.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 import requests
 
+from metar_map.logger import Logger
 from metar_map.config import load_config
 
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_path: Optional[str] = None):
         config = load_config(config_path=config_path)
         self.base_url: str = config.get("base_url", "")
         self.metar_endpoint: str = config.get("endpoints", {}).get("metar", "")
+        self._logger = Logger()
 
     def get_metar(self, ids: list[str]) -> list[MetarData]:
         """
@@ -37,9 +39,10 @@ def get_metar(self, ids: list[str]) -> list[MetarData]:
         try:
             ids_param = ",".join(ids)
             url = f"{self.base_url}{self.metar_endpoint}?ids={ids_param}&format=json"
+            self._logger.debug(f"Making request for metar data with url `{url}`")
             response = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
             response.raise_for_status()
-            return [
+            payload = [
                 MetarData(
                     icao=item.get("icaoId"),
                     name=item.get("name"),
@@ -53,5 +56,17 @@ def get_metar(self, ids: list[str]) -> list[MetarData]:
                 )
                 for item in response.json()
             ]
-        except Exception:
+            self._logger.debug(f"Payload: {payload}")
+            return payload
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._logger.error(f"An error occurred querying for metar data: {e}")
             return []
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    client = MetarClient()
+    config = load_config()
+    codes = config.get("icao_codes", [])
+    for code in codes:
+        print(f"- {code}")
+    print(client.get_metar(config.get("icao_codes", [])))

src/metar_map/static/config.yaml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ icao_codes:
   - KRDU
   - KCLT
 refresh_time: 1800
+brightness: 0.15
 led_patterns:
   VFR:
     color: GREEN