DansWebServices
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METAR
This method returns a plain English description of a decoded METAR for a given airfield's ICAO
Test
To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.SOAP 1.1
The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /DansWebServices.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: dan.org.uk Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length SOAPAction: "http://dan.org.uk/METAR" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <METAR xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/"> <ICAO>string</ICAO> </METAR> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <METARResponse xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/"> <METARResult>string</METARResult> </METARResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
SOAP 1.2
The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /DansWebServices.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: dan.org.uk Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"> <soap12:Body> <METAR xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/"> <ICAO>string</ICAO> </METAR> </soap12:Body> </soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"> <soap12:Body> <METARResponse xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/"> <METARResult>string</METARResult> </METARResponse> </soap12:Body> </soap12:Envelope>
HTTP GET
The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
GET /DansWebServices.asmx/METAR?ICAO=string HTTP/1.1 Host: dan.org.uk
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <string xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/">string</string>
HTTP POST
The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /DansWebServices.asmx/METAR HTTP/1.1 Host: dan.org.uk Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: length ICAO=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <string xmlns="http://dan.org.uk/">string</string>