LLSR API - Information (INFO) port docs and examples.

This document explains the simple use of the info port, its methods and limitations.

Full details of this port, its methods and responses can be found by viewing the WSDL file here.

Connecting to the Info-API

The code below will create a PHP SOAP client object that contains all of the Info-API methods.

$client = new SoapClient('https://api.skilouise.com/INFO-API.php?WSDL',array('trace' => true,'exceptions' => false));

Info-API contains a number of methods which provide you with access to weather and snow data.

Current snow report

To fetch the current snow report use the following code.

$response = $client->getSnowReport();

The above code will return an object such as this.

stdClass Object (
[date] => Thursday Dec 19th, 2013
[time] => 5:38 AM
[timeStamp] => 1387456690
[midMountainOvernight] => 1
[midMountainLast24] => 2
[midMountainLast48] => 27
[midMountainLast7days] => 48
[midMountainDepth] => 96
[midMountainYTD] => 162
[topMountainOvernight] => 2
[topMountainLast24] => 3
[topMountainLast48] => 34
[topMountainLast7days] => 60
[topMountainDepth] => 90
[topMountainYTD] => 188
[bestCms] => 34
[bestTime] => 48
[bestPeriod] => hours
[info] => 34cm in the last 48 hrs
)

Snow measurements are given in centimeters and are rounded to the nearest whole value.

Latest Weather Conditions

To fetch the latest weather reading from our weather stations use the following code.

$response = $client->getWeatherReport();

The above code will return an object such as this.

stdClass Object (
[result] => true
[report] => {"Base Area":{"stationID":"1","stationLocation":"Base Area","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:07","Pressure":"30372","TempOut":" -66","WindSpeed":"0","WindDir":"22","HumOut":"83","WetBulb":"-71.5"},"Temple Lodge":{"stationID":"2","stationLocation":"Temple Lodge","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:14","Pressure":"30393","TempOut":" -73","WindSpeed":"0","WindDir":"58","HumOut":"83","WetBulb":"-78.52"},"Paradise Top":{"stationID":"3","stationLocation":"Paradise Top","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:20","Pressure":"30266","TempOut":" -25","WindSpeed":"0","WindDir":"16","HumOut":"86","WetBulb":"-30.82"},"Gondola Top":{"stationID":"4","stationLocation":"Gondola Top","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:26","Pressure":"30305","TempOut":" 13","WindSpeed":"1","WindDir":"24","HumOut":"84","WetBulb":"5.5399"},"Mid-Mountain":{"stationID":"5","stationLocation":"Mid-Mountain","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:32","Pressure":"30334","TempOut":" 2","WindSpeed":"0","WindDir":"45","HumOut":"83","WetBulb":"-5.241"},"Old Gondola Base":{"stationID":"7","stationLocation":"Old Gondola Base","timestamp":"2013-12-19 10:35:38","Pressure":"30442","TempOut":" -141","WindSpeed":"0","WindDir":"10","HumOut":"84","WetBulb":"-144.5"}}
)

The response object contains a boolean result showing if the request was completed or not and a JSON encoded string in the parameter report. The JSON string contains an array of stdClass Objects each representing a single station and its latest data set.

Once you have collected the response object you must decode the JSON string to access the objects within in the standard manner. Use the following code to do this.

$report = json_decode($response->report);

The resulting object will look like this

stdClass Object (
[Base Area] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 1
[stationLocation] => Base Area
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:07
[Pressure] => 30382
[TempOut] => -46
[WindSpeed] => 2
[WindDir] => 19
[HumOut] => 83
[WetBulb] => -51.88
)

[Temple Lodge] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 2
[stationLocation] => Temple Lodge
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:13
[Pressure] => 30404
[TempOut] => -63
[WindSpeed] => 0
[WindDir] => 58
[HumOut] => 83
[WetBulb] => -68.60
)

[Paradise Top] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 3
[stationLocation] => Paradise Top
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:20
[Pressure] => 30282
[TempOut] => -28
[WindSpeed] => 0
[WindDir] => 16
[HumOut] => 86
[WetBulb] => -33.7
)

[Gondola Top] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 4
[stationLocation] => Gondola Top
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:26
[Pressure] => 30319
[TempOut] => 7
[WindSpeed] => 10
[WindDir] => 14
[HumOut] => 83
[WetBulb] => -0.760
)

[Mid-Mountain] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 5
[stationLocation] => Mid-Mountain
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:32
[Pressure] => 30347
[TempOut] => 9
[WindSpeed] => 0
[WindDir] => 72
[HumOut] => 82
[WetBulb] => 1.04
)

[Old Gondola Base] => stdClass Object (
[stationID] => 7
[stationLocation] => Old Gondola Base
[timestamp] => 2013-12-19 10:55:38
[Pressure] => 30445
[TempOut] => -116
[WindSpeed] => 0
[WindDir] => 10
[HumOut] => 85
[WetBulb] => -119.9
)

)

The objects produced by the decoding of the JSON string each contain the same data with the object key/name being the station name.

The remaining values can be read as follows:

Note that the getWeatherReport method can take a few seconds to return the response object.

Event Information

Upcomimg events can be found in our events feed at http://api.skilouise.com/events-feed.php