Tools to fetch and parse the feeds from a SPOT GPS Messenger and save them in a SQL database.
There are two utilites in this package:
spot-fetch- A tool to download SPOT data feeds with their various optionsspot-persist- Parses a JSON data feed and saves it to a SQLite database
$ spot-fetch -h
usage: spot-fetch [-h] [-t {message,latest}] [-f {json,xml}] [-p]
[-P NO_PROMPT_PASSWORD] [-e]
glid
Utility for fetching SPOT message feeds
positional arguments:
glid The feed id (glid) see http://faq.findmespot.com/index
.php?action=showEntry&data=69
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t {message,latest}, --type {message,latest}
The type of feed to fetch (default: message)
-f {json,xml}, --format {json,xml}
The desired output format (default: json)
-p, --password Prompts for the feed's password interactively
-P NO_PROMPT_PASSWORD, --no-prompt-password NO_PROMPT_PASSWORD
The feed's password read from the arguments
-e, --no-empty Don't output anything if there are no messages
available
$ spot-persist -h
usage: spot-persist [-h] [-n DATABASE_NAME] [-u] [file]
Utility for parsing SPOT feeds in JSON format and saving them to a SQL
database
positional arguments:
file The json data to parse
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-n DATABASE_NAME, --database-name DATABASE_NAME
The filename of the SQLite database (default:
messages.db)
-u, --update Insert new messages and update existing ones
Download JSON data from a feed
$ spot-fetch 0ATnNuieqRyM7RYsOFdaHoTNOtoFy9Xq4 > data.json
Save this data to a SQLite database
$ spot-persist < data.json
Cron job to download data and update the DB every 15 minutes
*/5 * * * * spot-fetch 0ATnNuieqRyM7RYsOFdaHoTNOtoFy9Xq4 | spot-persist -u -n /some/dir/messages.db
These tools are licensed under the GPLv3.
Bug reports, suggestions, and patches are welcome! Please use the github issue tracker.