getBssMetricList {IRISMustangMetrics}

Retrieve measurements XML from the MUSTANG BSS and convert them to a metricList

Description

The getBssMetricList method makes a request of the MUSTANG BSS (Backend Storage System) and returns a list of _Metric objects.

Usage

getBssMetricList(obj, network, station, location, channel, 
                 starttime, endtime, metricName, url)

Arguments

obj

an IrisClient object

network

a character string with the two letter seismic network code

station

a character string with the station code

location

a character string with the location code

channel

a character string with the three letter channel code

starttime

a POSIXct class specifying the starttime (GMT)

endtime

a POSIXct class specifying the endtime (GMT)

metricName

a character string identifying the name of the metric stored in the BSS

url

optional url of the BSS measurements service

Details

This method calls on getMetricsXml to communicate with the BSS and obtain an XML reponse. This response is then processed and used to create _Metric objects which are returned as a metricList.

Error returns from the BSS will stop evaluation and throw an error message.

Value

A list of _Metric objects is returned.

Author(s)

Jonathan Callahan [e-mail]

See Also

getMetricsXml

Examples

  ## Not run: 
# Open a connection to IRIS DMC webservices (including the BSS)
iris <- new("IrisClient", debug=TRUE)

starttime <- as.POSIXct("2014-01-24", tz="GMT")
endtime <- as.POSIXct("2014-01-25", tz="GMT")

# Get the metricList
metricList <- getBssMetricList(iris,"AK","PIN","","",starttime,endtime,
                               metricName="sample_mean")
show(metricList)
  
## End(Not run)