Add short timeout to HTTP calls by default; cache METAR lookups

app/Http/Controllers/Api/AirportController.php

@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ class AirportController extends Controller
     {
         $airport = Cache::remember(
             config('cache.keys.AIRPORT_VACENTRAL_LOOKUP.key').$id,
-            config('cache.keys.RANKS_PILOT_LIST.time'),
+            config('cache.keys.AIRPORT_VACENTRAL_LOOKUP.time'),
             function () use ($id) {
                 try {
                     return AirportLookup::get($id);
                 } catch (\VaCentral\HttpException $e) {
                     Log::error($e);
-
                     return [];
                 }
             }

app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Services\Metar;
 
 use App\Interfaces\Metar;
 use App\Support\Http;
+use Cache;
 
 /**
  * Return the raw METAR string from the NOAA Aviation Weather Service
@@ -20,13 +21,25 @@ class AviationWeather extends Metar
      * Implement the METAR - Return the string
      * @param $icao
      * @return string
-     * @throws \GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException
      */
     protected function metar($icao): string
     {
-        $url = static::METAR_URL.$icao;
-        $res = Http::get($url, []);
-        $xml = simplexml_load_string($res);
-        return $xml->data->METAR->raw_text->__toString();
+        $metar = Cache::remember(
+            config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP.key').$icao,
+            config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP.time'),
+            function () use ($icao) {
+                $url = static::METAR_URL.$icao;
+                try {
+                    $res = Http::get($url, []);
+                    $xml = simplexml_load_string($res);
+                    return $xml->data->METAR->raw_text->__toString();
+
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    return '';
+                }
+            }
+        );
+
+        return $metar;
     }
 }

app/Support/Http.php

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class Http
      */
     public static function get($uri, array $opts)
     {
+        $opts = array_merge([
+            'connect_timeout' => 2, // wait two seconds by default
+        ], $opts);
+
         $client = new Client();
         $response = $client->request('GET', $uri, $opts);
 

config/cache.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ return [
         ],
         'WEATHER_LOOKUP' => [
             'key' => 'airports.weather.', // append icao
-            'time' => 60 * 30,  // Cache for 30 minutes
+            'time' => 60 * 60,  // Cache for 60 minutes
         ],
         'RANKS_PILOT_LIST' => [
             'key' => 'ranks.pilot_list',

tests/MetarTest.php

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ class MetarTest extends TestCase
         $this->settingsRepo = app(SettingRepository::class);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Make sure a blank metar doesn't give problems
+     */
+    public function testBlankMetar()
+    {
+        $metar = '';
+        $parsed = Metar::parse($metar);
+        $this->assertEquals('', $parsed['raw']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test adding/subtracting a percentage
      */