Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: vpf-730
Version: 0.7.2
Summary: a library to read data from the Biral VPF-730 Present weather sensor
Home-page: https://github.com/RUB_Clim/vpf-730
Author: Jonas Kittner
Author-email: jonas.kittner@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
License: MIT
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
Requires-Python: >=3.9
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENCE
Requires-Dist: pyserial
Requires-Dist: typing-extensions ; python_version < "3.10"
Provides-Extra: sentry
Requires-Dist: sentry-sdk ; extra == 'sentry'

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# vpf-730

A package to read data from the [Biral VPF-730](https://www.biral.com/product/vpf-730-visibility-present-weather-sensor/#product-overview) Present weather sensor.

## installation

```
pip install vpf-730
```

## quick start

Make sure your Sensor is connected and find out the port it is connected to. For a detailed documentation please see the [Docs](https://rubclim.github.io/vpf-730).

**Versions > `0.5.0` contain a full rewrite with lots of breaking changes**

### `logger` as a CLI

The logger: Communication and continuous data logging

```bash
vpf-730 logger --serial-port /dev/ttyS0
```

### `sender` as a CLI

The sender: Sending data to a remote server

```bash
VPF730_API_KEY=deadbeef vpf-730 sender \
--get-endpoint "https://api.example/com/vpf-730/status" \
--post-endpoint "https://api.example/com/vpf-730/data"
```

### as a package

```python
from vpf_730 import VPF730

vpf730 = VPF730(port='/dev/ttyS1')
print(vpf730.measure())
```
