This Python script is designed to download files from a specified URL for a weather model. Here's a breakdown of what it does:
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The script defines a function
download_file(url, save_path)
which takes a URL and a save path. It sends a request to the URL using therequests
library, and if the response status code is 200 (indicating success), it saves the content of the response to the specified file path. -
url: https://dd.weather.gc.ca/model_wcps/ocean-atmosphere/1km/
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Another function
download_files(base_url, runs, outpath)
is defined. This function is responsible for constructing specific URLs based on provided parameters and then callingdownload_file()
to download the files. -
In the
download_files()
function, it iterates over each run and each prediction hour (from 0 to 24). For each combination of run and prediction hour, it constructs four URLs corresponding to different weather data types: WindU, WindV, SeaWaterVelocityX, and SeaWaterVelocityY. -
It then constructs file paths for saving these downloaded files based on the provided
outpath
,formatted_previous_date_for_output
, andpred_hour
. -
It downloads each file using the
download_file()
function and prints the path of the downloaded file. -
Finally, in the main block, it sets the base URL, output path, prediction hours, and runs. Then it iterates over the runs and calls the
download_files()
function to download the files for each run. -
Note that the script is set to download files for only one run (
runs = ['00']
), but it's commented that multiple runs can be specified for more data retrieval.
Overall, this script is a utility to automate the download of weather model data files for specific runs and prediction hours from a given URL.