Usage

The script below demonstrates an example of using dcpmessage.

Example Script

# main.py
import logging

from dcpmessage.dcp_message import DcpMessage

logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format='[%(levelname)s]\t%(asctime)s\t[%(pathname)s]\t[%(lineno)s]\t"%(message)s"',
    datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z",
)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    messages = DcpMessage.get(
        username="<USERNAME>",  # <-- your NOAA LRGS username
        password="<PASSWORD>",  # <-- your NOAA LRGS password
        search_criteria={
            "DRS_SINCE": "now - 2 hour",
            "DRS_UNTIL": "now",
            "SOURCE": ["GOES_SELFTIMED", "GOES_RANDOM"],
            "DCP_ADDRESS": ["<DCP ADDRESS>"],  # <-- your DCP addresses
        },
        host="cdadata.wcda.noaa.gov",
    )

    for message in messages:
        print(message)

Warning

🔐 Replace <USERNAME>, <PASSWORD>, and <DCP ADDRESS> with your actual NOAA LRGS credentials and DCP address.

Quick Test with uv

To quickly install dcpmessage in a temporary environment with uv and run the script above, follow these steps:

1. Install uv - refer to the uv website.

2. Copy the example script to create main.py script

3. Run the script using uv

uv run --with dcpmessage ./main.py