Fetch and untile tiled Himawari-8 images from the http://himawari8.nict.go.jp PNG endpoint

hi8-fetch.py

import requests as req
import sys
from dateutil.parser import parse
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

# hi8-fetch.py <date> <zoom level> <output>
# E.g.: hi8-fetch.py 2016-01-13T22:10:00 8 2016-01-13T221000-z8.png
# Fetch Himawari-8 full disks at a given zoom level.
# Valid zoom levels seem to be powers of 2, 1..16, and 20.
#
# To do:
# - Better errors (e.g., catch the "No Image" image).
# - Don't ignore seconds, and/or:
# - option to snap to nearest valid time.
# - Librarify.


# Tile size for this dataset:
width = 550
height = 550


time = parse(sys.argv[1])
scale = int(sys.argv[2])
out = sys.argv[3]


base = 'http://himawari8.nict.go.jp/img/D531106/%sd/550' % (scale)

tiles = [[None] * scale] * scale


def pathfor(t, x, y):
  return "%s/%s/%02d/%02d/%02d%02d00_%s_%s.png" \
  % (base, t.year, t.month, t.day, t.hour, t.minute, x, y)


sess = req.Session() # so requests will reuse the connection
png = Image.new('RGB', (width*scale, height*scale))

for x in range(scale):
  for y in range(scale):
    
    path = pathfor(time, x, y)
    print("fetching %s" % (path))
    tiledata = sess.get(path).content
    tile = Image.open(BytesIO(tiledata))
    
    png.paste(tile, (width*x, height*y, width*(x+1), height*(y+1)))

png.save(out, 'PNG')