arpansa-uv-data

Get UV index data from ARPANSA for multiple locations in Australia and Antarctica

Install

npm install arpansa-uv-data

Usage

import fetchUVData from './index.js';

await fetchUVData({
    location: 'Sydney',
    date: new Date(2024, 11, 1)
});
//=> [
  {
    timestamp: '2025-02-02 06:00',
    forecast: 0.450479984,
    measured: 0.5214388
  },
  {
    timestamp: '2025-02-02 06:01',
    forecast: 0.456480026,
    measured: 0.5285755
  },
  ...
]

API

fetchUVData(options)

options

Type: object

location

Type: string

City name (case-insensitive) from supported locations.

The following locations are supported:

[
    // ACT
    'canberra',
    // NSW
    'newcastle',
    'sydney',
    // NT
    'alice springs',
    'darwin',
    // QLD
    'brisbane',
    'emerald',
    'gold coast',
    'townsville',
    // SA
    'adelaide',
    // TAS
    'kingston',
    // VIC
    'melbourne',
    // WA
    'perth',
    // Antarctica
    'casey',
    'davis',
    'macquarie island',
    'mawson'
]

date

Type: Date

Date for which to retrieve UV data. Will retrieve the data on the same date in the locale the data is being retrieved from.

For example, if the input date is 2023-01-01, the data returned from Sydney will be from 2023-01-01 Sydney time.

output

Returns a list of forecasted and measured UV indexes in the format:

[
  {
    timestamp: '2025-02-02 06:00',
    forecast: 0.450479984,
    measured: 0.5214388
  },
  {
    timestamp: '2025-02-02 06:01',
    forecast: 0.456480026,
    measured: 0.5285755
  },
  ...
]

Timestamps are in the local time of the location the data is being retrieved from. Data begins from 2016-11-01, missing data / future dates will return null for both forecast and measured UV indexes.