Tag ambient audio chunks with current OpenWeather conditions

Adds weather-tag.sh, a small failure-safe helper that queries OpenWeather's free "Current weather" endpoint and prints one tag from a fixed vocabulary (thunderstorm, rain, rainshower, snow, snowstorm, fog, windy, cloudy, clear) or nothing on any failure. ambient-record.sh calls it just before each 30-minute chunk so the filename reflects conditions at the moment of capture, e.g. east-08-30-00-thunderstorm.m4a east-12-00-00-clear.m4a A foggy dawn no longer mislabels the sunny afternoon files. Off by default. Enable with WEATHER_ENABLED=true and an OPENWEATHER_API_KEY entry in .env; missing key / API error / disabled toggle all fall through to the un-tagged filename, never blocking the recorder.
2026-04-29 18:40:27 +00:00
parent 7c5a703222
commit 9e1087f875
3 changed files with 130 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -50,7 +50,17 @@ while true; do
    mkdir -p "$dir"

    timestamp=$(date +%H-%M-%S)
+
+    # Weather tag for THIS chunk — queried right before recording so the
+    # filename reflects conditions at the time of capture, not earlier in the
+    # day.  weather-tag.sh prints empty on disabled / missing key / API error,
+    # so the un-tagged filename is the safe fallback.
+    weather_tag=$("$SCRIPT_DIR/weather-tag.sh" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ -n "$weather_tag" ]; then
+        outfile="$dir/${CAM}-${timestamp}-${weather_tag}.m4a"
+    else
        outfile="$dir/${CAM}-${timestamp}.m4a"
+    fi

    echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Recording → $outfile  (${CHUNK}s)"

@@ -174,6 +174,38 @@ LATITUDE="${LATITUDE:-0.0000}"
 LONGITUDE="${LONGITUDE:-0.0000}"
 TIMEZONE="${TIMEZONE:-America/New_York}"

+# ── Weather tagging (OpenWeather) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# When enabled, ambient-record.sh queries OpenWeather's "Current weather"
+# endpoint just before each 30-minute audio chunk and appends a one-word
+# weather tag to the filename, e.g.:
+#     east-08-30-00-thunderstorm.m4a
+#     east-09-00-00-rain.m4a
+#     east-09-30-00-cloudy.m4a
+# That way each chunk is labelled with what was happening DURING that chunk —
+# a foggy dawn won't mislabel the sunny afternoon files.
+#
+# Tag vocabulary (fixed set — anything else → no tag):
+#     thunderstorm  rain  rainshower  snow  snowstorm
+#     fog  windy  cloudy  clear
+#
+# Setup:
+#   1. Get a free API key: https://openweathermap.org/api
+#      (the free "Current weather" tier — 60 calls/min — is plenty)
+#   2. Add to .env:   OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+#   3. Confirm LATITUDE / LONGITUDE are set in .env (already needed by sunrise.py)
+#   4. Flip WEATHER_ENABLED=true below
+#
+# The query uses the same LATITUDE / LONGITUDE configured above — one location
+# for the whole installation; per-camera coordinates are not supported.
+#
+# Failure-safe: if the toggle is off, the key is missing, the network is down,
+# or the API errors out, weather-tag.sh prints nothing and the recorder falls
+# back to the un-tagged filename.  ambient-record.sh never blocks on this.
+#
+# Manual test:   ./weather-tag.sh        (prints e.g. "cloudy" or nothing)
+WEATHER_ENABLED=false
+OPENWEATHER_API_KEY="${OPENWEATHER_API_KEY:-}"
+
 # ── Cameras ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # List every camera name here (space-separated inside the parentheses).
 # Each name becomes a subfolder under BASE_DIR (images) and BASE_DIR/movies.
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# weather-tag.sh — print a one-word weather tag for the current moment at
+# (LATITUDE, LONGITUDE), using the OpenWeather "Current weather" endpoint.
+#
+# Output: a single lowercase word from this fixed vocabulary, or empty:
+#     thunderstorm  rain  rainshower  snow  snowstorm
+#     fog  windy  cloudy  clear
+#
+# Used by ambient-record.sh to suffix each 30-minute chunk's filename so the
+# file collection self-documents what the audio actually captured.
+#
+# Failure-safe: if WEATHER_ENABLED≠true, the API key is missing, the network
+# is down, the API returns an error, or the response can't be parsed, this
+# script prints NOTHING and exits 0.  Callers MUST treat empty output as
+# "no tag — fall back to the un-tagged filename".  Never blocks the recorder.
+#
+# Required setup:
+#   1. Sign up at https://openweathermap.org/api → free "Current weather" plan
+#   2. Put the key in .env:   OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+#   3. Confirm LATITUDE / LONGITUDE are set in .env (already needed by sunrise.py)
+#   4. Flip WEATHER_ENABLED=true in sky-cam.conf
+#
+# Manual test:  ./weather-tag.sh        (prints e.g. "cloudy" or nothing)
+
+set -uo pipefail   # NOT -e: we want to swallow every failure into "no tag"
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/sky-cam.conf" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+[ "${WEATHER_ENABLED:-false}" = "true" ] || exit 0
+[ -n "${OPENWEATHER_API_KEY:-}" ]        || exit 0
+[ -n "${LATITUDE:-}" ]                   || exit 0
+[ -n "${LONGITUDE:-}" ]                  || exit 0
+
+# ── Fetch current conditions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 5s connect / 8s total — must never delay the recorder noticeably.
+url="https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=${LATITUDE}&lon=${LONGITUDE}&appid=${OPENWEATHER_API_KEY}&units=metric"
+resp=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 8 "$url" 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+[ -n "$resp" ] || exit 0
+
+# ── Parse condition ID + wind speed ──────────────────────────────────────────
+# Condition codes: https://openweathermap.org/weather-conditions
+# OpenWeather may return multiple entries in weather[]; the first is primary.
+if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    code=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.weather[0].id // empty' 2>/dev/null)
+    wind=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.wind.speed // 0'        2>/dev/null)
+else
+    # Fallback parser if jq is missing — grabs the first "id":NNN it sees.
+    code=$(echo "$resp" | grep -oE '"id":[0-9]+' | head -n1 | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
+    wind=$(echo "$resp" | grep -oE '"speed":[0-9.]+' | head -n1 | grep -oE '[0-9.]+')
+fi
+
+[ -n "${code:-}" ] || exit 0
+wind="${wind:-0}"
+
+# ── Map condition code → tag (vocabulary documented at top of file) ──────────
+# Group ranges follow OpenWeather's published condition-code table:
+#   2xx thunder / 3xx drizzle / 5xx rain / 6xx snow / 7xx atmosphere / 800 clear / 80x clouds
+tag=""
+case "$code" in
+    2*)        tag="thunderstorm" ;;
+    3*)        tag="rainshower"   ;;            # drizzle = light shower
+    500|520|521|522|531) tag="rainshower" ;;    # light / shower variants
+    501|502|503|504|511) tag="rain"       ;;    # moderate → extreme + freezing
+    600|601|612|613|615|616|620|621) tag="snow" ;;
+    602|622)   tag="snowstorm"   ;;             # heavy snow / heavy shower snow
+    611)       tag="snow"        ;;             # sleet
+    701|711|721|741|762) tag="fog"   ;;         # mist / smoke / haze / fog / ash
+    731|751|761|771)     tag="windy" ;;         # dust whirls / sand / dust / squall
+    781)       tag="thunderstorm" ;;            # tornado → reuse strongest tag
+    800)       tag="clear"   ;;
+    801)       tag="clear"   ;;                 # few clouds — still mostly clear
+    802|803|804) tag="cloudy" ;;
+    *)         tag=""        ;;                 # unknown code → no tag
+esac
+
+# Wind override: gusty conditions drown out other audio cues.  If the base
+# tag is clear/cloudy and wind ≥ 8 m/s (~18 mph), promote to "windy".
+if [ "$tag" = "clear" ] || [ "$tag" = "cloudy" ]; then
+    # bash can't compare floats — strip the decimal for an integer check.
+    wind_int="${wind%.*}"
+    [ "${wind_int:-0}" -ge 8 ] 2>/dev/null && tag="windy"
+fi
+
+[ -n "$tag" ] && printf '%s' "$tag"
+exit 0