Getting Started

brew install imagemagickbrew install graphicsmagicknpm i himawari

brew install ffmpeg

Usage

varhimawari=require('himawari');himawari({/**   * The zoom level of the image. Can be 1-5 for non-infrared, and 1-3 for infrared (default: 1)   * Each zoom level requires more images to be downloaded and therefore stitched   * together. Higher zoom yields a higher resolution image.   *@type {Number}   */zoom:1,/**   * The time of the picture desired. If you want to get the latest image, use 'latest'   *@type {String|Date}   */date:'latest',// Or new Date() or a date string/**   * Turns on logging   *@type {Boolean}   */debug:false,/**   * If set to true, an image on the infrared light spectrum will be generated. Please note that   * infrared only supports zooms up to 3   *@type {Boolean}   */infrared:false,/**   * The location to save the resulting image   *@type {String}   */outfile:'/path/to/output/earth.jpg',/**   * Set to true to parallelize tile downloads. Can be CPU intensive but decreases time to download images.   *@type {Boolean}   */parallel:false,/**   * Skip empty images from being saved   *@type {Boolean}   */skipEmpty:true,/**   * The max duration in milliseconds before requests for images and data times out   *@type {Number}   */timeout:30000,/**   * If true, only prints the URLs of the images that would have been downloaded   *@type {Boolean}   */urls:false,/**   * A success callback if the image downloads successfully   *@type {Function}   */success:function(){process.exit();},/**   * A callback if the image cannot be downloaded or saved   *@type {Function}   *@param  {Object} err An error object or information surrounding the issue   */error:function(err){console.log(err);},/**   * A callback that is fired every time a tile has been downloaded.   *@param  {Object} info Information about the download such as filepath, part, and total images   */chunk:function(info){console.log(info.outfile+': '+info.part+'/'+info.total);}});

Command Line Interface

npm i -g himawari

Usage: himawari [options]    --zoom, -z            The zoom level of the image. Can be 1-5. (Default:`1`)    --date, -d            Thetime of the picture desired. If you want to get the latest image, use'latest'. (Default:`"latest"`)    --debug, -l           Turns on logging. (Default:`false`)    --outfile, -o         The location to save the resulting image. (Default:`"himawari-{date}.jpg"`in current directory)    --parallel, -p        Parallelize downloadsfor increased speeds (can be CPU intensive)    --skipempty, -s       Skip saving images that contain no useful information (i.e."No Image") (Default:`true`)    --timeout, -t         The max durationin milliseconds before requestsfor images and datatimes out (Default:`30000`)    --urls, -u            Only print the URLs of the images that would have been downloaded (Default:`false`)    --infrared, -i        Capture picture on the infrared spectrum (Default:`false`)    --version, -v         Prints the version of the package    --help, -h            Showhelp

Acknowledgements

Example Images

Example Scripts

Licensing