Some changes to WX template layout and cache the API call out #61

app/Widgets/CheckWx.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Widgets;
 
 use App\Interfaces\Widget;
 use App\Support\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 
 /**
  * This is a widget for the 3rd party CheckWX service
@@ -23,15 +24,23 @@ class CheckWx extends Widget
         if (!config('checkwx.api_key')) {
             $data = null;
         } else {
-            $url = config('checkwx.url').'/metar/'.$this->config['icao'].'/decoded';
+            // Cache the request so we don't need to repeatedly call out
-            $data = Http::get($url, [
+            $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
-                'headers' => [
+            $key = $cache['key'].$this->config['icao'];
-                    'X-API-Key' => config('checkwx.api_key'),
+
-                    'content-type' => 'application/json',
+            $data = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () {
-                ]
+                $url = config('checkwx.url').'/metar/'.$this->config['icao'].'/decoded';
-            ]);
+                $data = Http::get($url, [
+                    'headers' => [
+                        'X-API-Key'    => config('checkwx.api_key'),
+                        'content-type' => 'application/json',
+                    ]
+                ]);
+
+                $data = json_decode($data);
+                return $data;
+            });
 
-            $data = json_decode($data);
 
             if($data->results === 1) {
                 $data = $data->data[0];

config/cache.php

@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ return [
 
     'keys' => [
         'AIRPORT_VACENTRAL_LOOKUP' => [
-            'key' => 'airports:lookup:',
+            'key' => 'airports.lookup:',
             'time' => 60 * 30,
         ],
+        'WEATHER_LOOKUP' => [
+            'key' => 'airports.weather.', // append icao
+            'time' => 60 * 30,  // Cache for 30 minutes
+        ],
         'RANKS_PILOT_LIST' => [
-            'key' => 'ranks:pilot_list',
+            'key' => 'ranks.pilot_list',
             'time' => 60 * 10,
         ],
         'USER_API_KEY' => [
-            'key' => 'user:apikey',
+            'key' => 'user.apikey',
             'time' => 60 * 5,  // 5 min
         ],
     ],

resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/check_wx.blade.php

@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
+{{--
+
+If you want to edit this, you can reference the CheckWX API docs:
+https://api.checkwx.com/#metar-decoded
+
+--}}
 @if(!$data)
     <p>METAR/TAF data could not be retrieved</p>
 @else
     <table class="table">
-        <tr>
-            <td colspan="2">
-                <div style="line-height:1.5em;min-height: 3em;">
-                    {{$data->raw_text}}
-                </div>
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td colspan="2">Updated: {{$data->observed}}</td>
-        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td>Conditions</td>
             <td>
@@ -21,14 +17,20 @@
                 @else
                     {{$data->temperature->celsius}}°C
                 @endif
-                , visibility
+
-                @if($unit_dist === 'km')
+                @if($data->visibility->miles)
-                    {{intval(str_replace(',', '', $data->visibility->meters)) / 1000}}
+                    , visibility
-                @else
+                    @if($unit_dist === 'km')
-                    {{$data->visibility->miles}}
+                        {{intval(str_replace(',', '', $data->visibility->meters)) / 1000}}
-                @endif
+                    @else
+                        {{$data->visibility->miles}}
+                    @endif
                 &nbsp;
-                {{$data->humidity_percent}}% humidity
+                @endif
+
+                @if($data->humidity_percent)
+                    {{$data->humidity_percent}}% humidity
+                @endif
             </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
@@ -60,5 +62,17 @@
                 @endif
             </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Metar</td>
+            <td>
+                <div style="line-height:1.5em;min-height: 3em;">
+                    {{$data->raw_text}}
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Updated</td>
+            <td>{{$data->observed}}</td>
+        </tr>
     </table>
 @endif