-- Implement a command !time [area] which uses -- 2 Google APIs to get the desired result: -- 1. Geocoding to get from area to a lat/long pair -- 2. Timezone to get the local time in that lat/long location -- Globals -- If you have a google api key for the geocoding/timezone api api_key = nil base_api = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api" dateFormat = "%A %d %B - %H:%M:%S" -- Need the utc time for the google api function utctime() return os.time(os.date("!*t")) end -- Use the geocoding api to get the lattitude and longitude with accuracy specifier -- CHECKME: this seems to work without a key?? function get_latlong(area) local api = base_api .. "/geocode/json?" local parameters = "address=".. (URL.escape(area) or "") if api_key ~= nil then parameters = parameters .. "&key="..api_key end -- Do the request local res, code = https.request(api..parameters) if code ~=200 then return nil end local data = json:decode(res) if (data.status == "ZERO_RESULTS") then return nil end if (data.status == "OK") then -- Get the data lat = data.results[1].geometry.location.lat lng = data.results[1].geometry.location.lng acc = data.results[1].geometry.location_type types= data.results[1].types return lat,lng,acc,types end end -- Use timezone api to get the time in the lat, -- Note: this needs an API key function get_time(lat,lng) local api = base_api .. "/timezone/json?" -- Get a timestamp (server time is relevant here) local timestamp = utctime() local parameters = "location=" .. URL.escape(lat) .. "," .. URL.escape(lng) .. "×tamp="..URL.escape(timestamp) if api_key ~=nil then parameters = parameters .. "&key="..api_key end local res,code = https.request(api..parameters) if code ~= 200 then return nil end local data = json:decode(res) if (data.status == "ZERO_RESULTS") then return nil end if (data.status == "OK") then -- Construct what we want -- The local time in the location is: -- timestamp + rawOffset + dstOffset local localTime = timestamp + data.rawOffset + data.dstOffset return localTime, data.timeZoneId end return localTime end function getformattedLocalTime(area) if area == nil then return "The time in nowhere is never" end lat,lng,acc = get_latlong(area) if lat == nil and lng == nil then return 'It seems that in "'..area..'" they do not have a concept of time.' end local localTime, timeZoneId = get_time(lat,lng) return "The local time in "..timeZoneId.." is: ".. os.date(dateFormat,localTime) end function run(msg, matches) return getformattedLocalTime(matches[1]) end return { description = "Displays the local time in an area", usage = "!time [area]: Displays the local time in that area", patterns = {"^!time (.*)$"}, run = run }