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POST timeseries (2017.02)

Write timeseries data to the FEWS system using the timeseries sets defined by the filters. The timeSeries are stored in the piTimeSeriesXmlContent.

The 'convertDatum' argument is to allow timeseries that support a datum to have their values converted to a value relative to the location height. If values are already relative to location then enter FALSE or omit.

As far as writing timeseries is concerned, the timeseries you post to the rest service should match one of the time series sets in the default filter or one of its sub filters. To make sure you only write time series for a specific filter, you can pass a filterId with the POST request. Only timeseries that have timeseries sets that are configured in that filter (or one of its sub filters) will be accepted. If no filterId is used, all time series will be accepted that are configured in the default filter. Writing the time series works similar to importing time series using the pi.xml format using the "PI" import type. See also: Delft-Fews Published Interface timeseries Format (PI) Import

In case a time series already exists in the database, the time series will be overwritten by the ones that are posted.

N.B.: by default POST operations are disabled in the Delft-FEWS WebServices and have to be explicitly enabled by setting the READONLY_MODE to false in the FewsPiService.properties. See also: FEWS Web Services configuration FewsPiService.properties.

Request parameters

• filterId (string, optional): Filter id for when the input timeseries maps to multiple internal timeseries. Within the scope of the filter the input timeseries should only map to one internal timeseries. When no filterId is specified, the default filter applies.

• convertDatum (boolean, optional): Convert values from relative location height to absolute height values

Body parameters

• piTimeSeriesXmlContent (xml string, required): PiTimeseries xml file  encoded in the 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Type. Example of a piTimeSeriesXmlContent (unencoded):

  Code Block

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TimeSeries xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/pi-schemas/pi_timeseries.xsd" version="1.12"> <timeZone>0.0</timeZone> <series> <header> <type>instantaneous</type> <locationId>63306260000</locationId> <parameterId>T.obs.mean</parameterId> <timeStep unit="nonequidistant"/> <startDate date="2013-01-01" time="00:40:00"/> <endDate date="2013-01-01" time="00:50:00"/> <missVal>-999.0</missVal> <stationName>DE BILT</stationName> <lat>51.76391247583424</lat> <lon>4.329717456157946</lon> <x>82000.0</x> <y>420000.0</y> <z>0.0</z> <units>m</units> </header> <event date="2013-01-01" time="00:40:00" value="13.0" flag="0"/> <event date="2013-01-01" time="00:50:00" value="13.0" flag="0"/> </series> </TimeSeries>

  Since 2018.02 the service also supports milliseconds. The parser automatically recognises which format is used.

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  language xml linenumbers true
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TimeSeries xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/pi-schemas/pi_timeseries.xsd" version="1.12"> <timeZone>0.0</timeZone> <series> <header> <type>instantaneous</type> <locationId>63306260000</locationId> <parameterId>T.obs.mean</parameterId> <timeStep unit="nonequidistant"/> <startDate date="2013-01-01" time="00:40:00.750"/> <endDate date="2013-01-01" time="00:50:00.250"/> <missVal>-999.0</missVal> <stationName>DE BILT</stationName> <lat>51.76391247583424</lat> <lon>4.329717456157946</lon> <x>82000.0</x> <y>420000.0</y> <z>0.0</z> <units>m</units> </header> <event date="2013-01-01" time="00:40:00.750" value="13.0" flag="0"/> <event date="2013-01-01" time="00:50:00.250" value="13.0" flag="0"/> </series> </TimeSeries>

  
  

• N.B. The SOAP Web Service has support for posting timeSeries as binary data using the piTimeSeriesBinaryContent. This is NOT support in this REST service of the PI Service.

• When sending in a set of timeseries that correspond to (e.g.) a completed forecast over multiple locations, it is not necessary to POST each location separately, the entire set be sent in one TimeSeries XML document with multiple series.
• There is no option in the REST Web Service to do any aggregation or transformation.

Response

• Diag PI xml response with all diagnostic output.

Example request

The following example shows how timeSeries can created using the POST method. Take note that the TimeSeries have to be posted in PI XML Format in the body of the POST request using the piTimeSeriesXmlContent key. The value is the content of the PI XML Timeseries in application/x-www-form-urlencoded format.

curl "http://localhost:8080/FewsWebServices/rest/fewspiservice/v1/timeseries/" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d piTimeSeriesXmlContent=%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0D%0A%3CTimeSeries%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wldelft.nl%2Ffews%2FPI%22%20xmlns%3Axsi%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2001%2FXMLSchema-instance%22%0D%0A%09%09%09xsi%3AschemaLocation%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wldelft.nl%2Ffews%2FPI%20http%3A%2F%2Ffews.wldelft.nl%2Fschemas%2Fversion1.0%2Fpi-schemas%2Fpi_timeseries.xsd%22%20version%3D%221.12%22%3E%0D%0A%09%3CtimeZone%3E0.0%3C%2FtimeZone%3E%0D%0A%09%3Cseries%3E%0D%0A%09%09%3Cheader%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Ctype%3Einstantaneous%3C%2Ftype%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3ClocationId%3E63306260000%3C%2FlocationId%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CparameterId%3ET.obs.mean%3C%2FparameterId%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CtimeStep%20unit%3D%22nonequidistant%22%2F%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CstartDate%20date%3D%222013-01-01%22%20time%3D%2200%3A40%3A00%22%2F%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CendDate%20date%3D%222013-01-01%22%20time%3D%2200%3A50%3A00%22%2F%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CmissVal%3E-999.0%3C%2FmissVal%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3CstationName%3EDE%20BILT%3C%2FstationName%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Clat%3E51.76391247583424%3C%2Flat%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Clon%3E4.329717456157946%3C%2Flon%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Cx%3E82000.0%3C%2Fx%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Cy%3E420000.0%3C%2Fy%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Cz%3E0.0%3C%2Fz%3E%0D%0A%09%09%09%3Cunits%3Em%3C%2Funits%3E%0D%0A%09%09%3C%2Fheader%3E%0D%0A%09%09%3Cevent%20date%3D%222013-01-01%22%20time%3D%2200%3A40%3A00%22%20value%3D%2213.0%22%20flag%3D%220%22%2F%3E%0D%0A%09%09%3Cevent%20date%3D%222013-01-01%22%20time%3D%2200%3A50%3A00%22%20value%3D%2213.0%22%20flag%3D%220%22%2F%3E%0D%0A%09%3C%2Fseries%3E%0D%0A%3C%2FTimeSeries%3E

Example response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Diag xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI http://fews.
wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/pi-schemas/pi_diag.xsd" version="1.2">
    <line level="2" description="Multiple time series sets found for parameter=T.obs.mean location=63306260000"/>
    <line level="3" description="Import.Info: External time series successfully mapped to FEWS time series 63306260000 T.obs.mean   (m) nonequidistant Tue Jan 0
1 01:40:00 CET 2013 z=0.0"/>
    <line level="3" description="Import.info: 1 time series imported, 0 time series rejected"/>
    <line level="3" description="Import.info: The following locations-parameter combination imported  63306260000:T.obs.mean"/
</Diag>

Example response with non-matching time series.

It is possible that the posted time series do not match any of the time series sets that have been configured in the default filter or in a passed filterId. In that case, the response will report that some time series couldn't be mapped. In the following eexample 8 time series were posted, but only one time series was actually writte, 7 time series were rejected:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Diag xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews/PI http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/pi-schemas/pi_diag.xsd" version="1.2">
    <line level="3" description="Import.Info: External time series successfully mapped to FEWS time series amerongen_beneden H.voorspeld   (m) 10 minutes Tue Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 2013 z=0.0"/>
    <line level="3" description="Import.Info: 1 time series imported, 7 time series rejected"/>
    <line level="3" description="Import.Info: The following locations-parameter combination imported  amerongen_beneden:H.voorspeld"/>
</Diag>

Example code

To post timeSeries to the Delft-FEWS WebServices, the following is example JAVA code:

String piTimeSeries = "PI XML Content";
URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/FewsWebServices/rest/fewspiservice/v1/timeseries");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setDoInput(true);
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
connection.setRequestProperty("charset", "utf-8");
String postData = "piTimeSeriesXmlContent=" + URLEncoder.encode(piTimeSeries, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", Integer.toString(postData.length()));
connection.setUseCaches(false);
try (DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream())) {
    wr.write(postData.getBytes());

}