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
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ class CheckWx extends Widget
         if (!config('checkwx.api_key')) {
             $data = null;
         } else {
+            // Cache the request so we don't need to repeatedly call out
+            $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
+            $key = $cache['key'].$this->config['icao'];
+
+            $data = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () {
                 $url = config('checkwx.url').'/metar/'.$this->config['icao'].'/decoded';
                 $data = Http::get($url, [
                     'headers' => [
@@ -32,6 +38,9 @@ class CheckWx extends Widget
                 ]);
 
                 $data = json_decode($data);
+                return $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: {{$data->observed}}</td>
-        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td>Conditions</td>
             <td>
@@ -21,6 +17,8 @@
                 @else
                     {{$data->temperature->celsius}}°C
                 @endif
+
+                @if($data->visibility->miles)
                     , visibility
                     @if($unit_dist === 'km')
                         {{intval(str_replace(',', '', $data->visibility->meters)) / 1000}}
@@ -28,7 +26,11 @@
                         {{$data->visibility->miles}}
                     @endif
                 &nbsp;
+                @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