eccodes/examples/python/bufr_read_tropical_cyclone.py

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# Copyright 2005-2015 ECMWF.
#
# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
#
# In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
# virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
#
# Python implementation: bufr_read_header
#
# Description: how to read the header from BUFR messages.
#
#
import traceback
import sys
from eccodes import *
INPUT='../../data/bufr/tropical_cyclone.bufr'
VERBOSE=1 # verbose error reporting
def example():
# open bufr file
f = open(INPUT)
# define the keys to be printed
keys = [
'dataCategory',
'dataSubCategory',
'typicalDate',
'bufrHeaderCentre',
'bufrHeaderSubCentre',
'masterTablesVersionNumber',
'localTablesVersionNumber',
'numberOfSubsets',
]
cnt=0
# loop for the messages in the file
while 1:
# get handle for message
gid = codes_bufr_new_from_file(f)
if gid is None: break
print "message: %s" % cnt
# print the values for the selected keys from the message
for key in keys:
try:
print ' %s: %s' % (key,codes_get(gid,key))
except CodesInternalError,err:
print 'Error with key="%s" : %s' % (key,err.msg)
cnt+=1
# delete handle
codes_release(gid)
# close the file
f.close()
def main():
try:
example()
except CodesInternalError,err:
if VERBOSE:
traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
else:
print >>sys.stderr,err.msg
return 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())