Pulling Weather data from NOAA to set colors of Hue lamps

Perhaps it was the fact this week is the Hour of Code. Or maybe it was finally having some consistent freezing temps. Either way, I felt moved to delve in to some Python scripting.

What I want to do:
I would like to pull the temp from my local NOAA plugin and use it to determine the color of a lamp in my living room...a visual representation of the approximate temp outside my house.

Broken code I came up with based on other examples:

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myWeatherStation = indigo.devices[##########]
temp = myWeatherStation['temperatureF']
plug = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.nathansheldon.indigoplugin.HueLights")

indigo.server.log (myWeatherStation.states['temperatureF'])

if temp <= "32":
   if plug.isEnabled():
      plug.executeAction("setRGB", indigo.devices["Hue Lamp 1"].id, props={"red":0, "green":0, "blue":255})
if temp <= "60" and temp > "30":
   if plug.isEnabled():
      plug.executeAction("setRGB", indigo.devices["Hue Lamp 1"].id, props={"red":0, "green":125, "blue":125})
if temp <= "80" and temp > "60":
   if plug.isEnabled():
      plug.executeAction("setRGB", indigo.devices["Hue Lamp 1"].id, props={"red":0, "green":255, "blue":0})
if temp temp > "80":
   if plug.isEnabled():
      plug.executeAction("setRGB", indigo.devices["Hue Lamp 1"].id, props={"red":255, "green":0, "blue":0})


Problems I see:
1. I don't know what I'm doing.
2. I don't know if the NOAA plugin reports the temp as a numeric value, because I can't get it to print to the log.
3. I'm not sure if I need to define the plugins for NOAA and HUE before I can do any of this.

Help appreciated!

- Ben

[matt (support)]

Hi Ben,

Change this from:

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temp = myWeatherStation['temperatureF']

to this:

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temp = float(myWeatherStation.states['temperatureF'])

And remove the quotes around the numbers in all of your conditionals:

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if temp <= "32":

to:

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if temp <= 32:

I'm not sure if there are other errors or not (I don't have a Hue). But if it doesn't work or gives an error then post the specifics about the error into a reply.

Thank you for your help Matt,

With those changes I now get this error in the log:

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Dec 16, 2013 10:16:30 PM
Script Error                    embedded script: 'DeviceCmds' object is unindexable
Script Error                    Exception Traceback (most recent call shown last):

embedded script, line 1, at top level
TypeError: 'DeviceCmds' object is unindexable