Python script to fetch alerts.

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+# Python venv
+/scripts/NWSAlertsHelperScripts/nws
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scripts/NWSAlertsHelperScripts/README.md

+This script gets the list of FIPS codes with active alerts, fetches the alerts through our NWS API for those locations, stores them in AlertFiles. Then fetches alert messages for all those alerts, and stores them into AlertFiles/Details.
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scripts/NWSAlertsHelperScripts/get_current_events.py

+import json
+import requests
+import os
+
+baseParams = {
+	# "echoCity": "Rapid City",
+	"format": "json",
+}
+
+directory = "AlertFiles"
+directory_details = os.path.join(directory, "Details")
+
+url = "https://sta-nwsalert.onelouder.com/current_events"
+from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
+requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(category=InsecureRequestWarning)
+
+# for fips_code in range(2262, 1000000):
+# # for fips_code in range(46103, 46104):
+# 	params = dict(baseParams)
+# 	params["weather_id"] = f'{fips_code:06}'
+# 	response = requests.get(url, params=params, verify=False)
+# 	responseDict = json.loads(response.text)
+# 	events = responseDict["events"]["events"]
+# 	if events is not None and len(events) > 0:
+# 		print(f'{fips_code:06}' + " - SAVE")
+# 		with open(os.path.join(directory, str(fips_code) + ".json"), "w") as file:
+# 			json.dump(events, file, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+# 		for event in events:
+# 			url = event["messageURL"]
+# 			alert_id = url.split("/")[-1]
+# 			print(alert_id)
+# 			response = requests.get(url, verify=False)
+# 			with open(os.path.join(directory_details, alert_id + ".txt"), "w") as details_file:
+# 				details_file.write(response.text)
+
+# 	else:
+# 		if fips_code % 100 == 0:
+# 			print(f'{fips_code:06} - no')
+		
+
+
+active_fips_codes = set()
+active_alerts_url = "https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active"
+response = requests.get(active_alerts_url, verify=False)
+responseDict = json.loads(response.text)
+features = responseDict["features"]
+for feature in features:
+	properties = feature["properties"]
+	if properties is None:
+		continue
+	geocode = properties["geocode"]
+	if geocode is None:
+		continue
+	fips_codes = geocode["SAME"]
+	if fips_codes is None or len(fips_codes) == 0:
+		continue
+	for fips in fips_codes:
+		active_fips_codes.add(fips)
+print("Active fips codes: ")
+print(active_fips_codes)
+
+for fips_code in active_fips_codes:
+# for fips_code in range(46103, 46104):
+	params = dict(baseParams)
+	params["weather_id"] = fips_code
+	nwsResponse = requests.get(url, params=params, verify=False)
+	responseDict = json.loads(nwsResponse.text)
+	events = responseDict["events"]["events"]
+	if events is not None and len(events) > 0:
+		print(fips_code + " - SAVE")
+		with open(os.path.join(directory, str(fips_code) + ".json"), "w") as file:
+			json.dump(events, file, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+		for event in events:
+			singleUrl = event["messageURL"]
+			alert_id = singleUrl.split("/")[-1]
+			print(alert_id)
+			singleResponse = requests.get(singleUrl, verify=False)
+			with open(os.path.join(directory_details, alert_id + ".txt"), "w") as details_file:
+				details_file.write(singleResponse.text)
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scripts/NWSAlertsHelperScripts/requirements.txt

+certifi==2020.12.5
+chardet==4.0.0
+idna==2.10
+requests==2.25.1
+urllib3==1.26.4

scripts/NWSAlertsHelperScripts/setup_venv.sh

+ python3 -m venv nws
+ source nws/bin/activate
+ pip install -r requirements.txt
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