public Index getwind(string zip)
{
Index ind = new Index();
Recommendation recom = new Recommendation();
List <double> windList = new List <double>();
// validating zip code and getting the latitude and longitude for the zip
string final_zip_url = "https://www.zipwise.com/webservices/zipinfo.php?key=esn9uat8x4ehsydb&zip=" + zip + "&format=json";
HttpWebRequest request_zip = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(final_zip_url);
WebResponse response_zip = request_zip.GetResponse();
Stream dataStream_zip = response_zip.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader sreader_zip = new StreamReader(dataStream_zip);
string responsereader_zip = sreader_zip.ReadToEnd();
response_zip.Close();
Console.WriteLine(response_zip);
zip_root zr = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <zip_root>(responsereader_zip);
// if not a valid zip code
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(zr.results.error))
{
ind.index = 0;
recom.recommend = "Not a valid zip code";
recom.error = 1;
ind.recommend = recom;
return(ind);
}
//get the lat/lon for the zip
string lat = zr.results.latitude;
string lon = zr.results.longitude;
//get the annual wind index of the area
string url = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?lat=" + lat + "&lon=" + lon + "&appid=ea10281789590013ee0e24ca2e40f2cd";
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader sreader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
string responsereader = sreader.ReadToEnd();
response.Close();
wind_Root wr = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <wind_Root>(responsereader);
List <List1> tempList1Object = new List <List1>();
tempList1Object = wr.list;
Wind wind = new Wind();
// add the daily windspeed to the windlist one by one
for (int i = 0; i < tempList1Object.Count; i++)
{
wind = tempList1Object[i].wind;
windList.Add(wind.speed);
}
// calculate the total windspeed by the total length of the list to get the average
double speed = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < windList.Count; i++)
{
speed += windList[i];
}
double average_speed = speed / windList.Count;
ind.index = average_speed;
// check if the wind index is good enough or not
int wind_speed = Convert.ToInt32(average_speed);
if (wind_speed > 2.5)
{
recom.recommend = "wind index is good to set up wind farm";
recom.error = 0;
ind.recommend = recom;
}
else
{
recom.recommend = "wind index is low to set up wind farm";
recom.error = 0;
ind.recommend = recom;
}
// return complex JSON response
return(ind);
}
public Index getSunshine(string zip)
{
Index ind = new Index();
Recommendation recom = new Recommendation();
// validating zip code and getting the latitude and longitude for the zip
string final_zip_url = "https://www.zipwise.com/webservices/zipinfo.php?key=esn9uat8x4ehsydb&zip=" + zip + "&format=json";
HttpWebRequest request_zip = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(final_zip_url);
WebResponse response_zip = request_zip.GetResponse();
Stream dataStream_zip = response_zip.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader sreader_zip = new StreamReader(dataStream_zip);
string responsereader_zip = sreader_zip.ReadToEnd();
response_zip.Close();
Console.WriteLine(response_zip);
zip_root zr = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <zip_root>(responsereader_zip);
// if not a valid zip code
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(zr.results.error))
{
ind.index = 0;
recom.recommend = "Not a valid zip code";
recom.error = 1;
ind.recommend = recom;
return(ind);
}
//get the lat/lon for the zip
string lat = zr.results.latitude;
string lon = zr.results.longitude;
//get the annual solar index of the area
string url = @"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/solar/solar_resource/v1.json?api_key=41HpHgz3b2uRmoXKd2IFxO3VkP2WwjJZxuVnMgBM&lat=" + lat + "&lon=" + lon;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader sreader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
string responsereader = sreader.ReadToEnd();
response.Close();
sun_root sr = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <sun_root>(responsereader);
Outputs tempOutputsObj = new Outputs();
AvgDni tempavgObj = new AvgDni();
tempOutputsObj = sr.outputs;
tempavgObj = tempOutputsObj.avg_dni;
var tempstr = tempavgObj.annual;
ind.index = tempstr;
// check if the solar index is good enough or not
int sunshine = Convert.ToInt32(tempstr);
if (sunshine > 5)
{
recom.recommend = "Sunshine index is good to set up solar farm";
recom.error = 0;
ind.recommend = recom;
}
else
{
recom.recommend = "Sunshine index is low to set up solar farm";
recom.error = 0;
ind.recommend = recom;
}
// return complex JSON response
return(ind);
}