I'm using range to loop through an array of structs to extract data which will be used as a URL parameter for my API calls. Within this loop, I'm trying to push response data from one struct to another.
I'm able to get everything working, except for moving data from one struct to another, but not entirely sure how to solve for the errors I keep getting. I've tried multiple methods and seem to be stuck in the mud here for something I don't consider to be too hard, until now... In my code I'm using the append method but I'm not so sure that might be the correct way to proceed.
Presenting my code:
models.go
//Here is my existing struct, with populated data that I get from a CSV
type TravelItenaries struct {
Origin string
Destination string
Flight_num string
Origin_latitude string
Origin_longitude string
Destination_latitude string
Destination_longitude string
Origin_weather string
Destination_weather string
Coordinates_ori string
Coordinates_dest string
Temp_c_ori string
Temp_f_ori string
Temp_c_dest string
Temp_f_dest string
}
//Here is the response data that I'm expected to get from my API calls.
//I'm trying to "push" Temp_c_dest and Temp_f_dest data into TravelItenaries.Temp_f_dest and TravelItenaries.Temp_c_dest
//While also changing the data types to fit above.
type Response struct {
Current struct {
LastUpdatedEpoch int `json:"last_updated_epoch"`
LastUpdated string `json:"last_updated"`
Temp_c_dest float64 `json:"temp_c"`
Temp_c_dest float64 `json:"temp_f"`
IsDay int `json:"is_day"`
} `json:"current"
}
weather.go
func (s *Server) getWeather(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// open file
f, err := os.Open("challenge_dataset.csv")
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
// remember to close the file at the end of the program
defer f.Close()
// read csv values using csv.Reader
csvReader := csv.NewReader(f)
data, err := csvReader.ReadAll()
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
// convert records to array of structs
travelItenaries := createTravelItenaries(data)
// remove duplicate flight records
cleanTravelItenaries:= remDupKeys(travelItenaries)
// set up params for API get request
params := url.Values{
"key": []string{"xxx"},
"q": []string{""},
}
// Construct URL for API request
u := &url.URL{
Scheme: "https",
Host: "api.weatherapi.com",
Path: "/v1/current.json",
RawQuery: params.Encode(),
}
client := &http.Client{}
// Will need this to populate the params using a range over a struct
values := u.Query()
// loop through cleaned data set
for _, service := range cleanTravelItenaries {
// dynamically acquire data from struct to pass as parameter
values.Set("q", service.Coordinates_dest)
u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
// create empty struct to parse response data with using Inmarshal
var responseData models.Response
json.Unmarshal(body, &responseData)
// Here is the issue, I don't think append might be the correct procedure here?
// I simply just need to pass this response data to my already existing struct
service.Temp_c_dest = append(responseData.Current.Temp_c_dest , cleanTravelItenaries )
service.Temp_f_dest = append(responseData.Current.Temp_f_dest , cleanTravelItenaries )
}
}
The errors I get are related to both append statements at the end of the range function.
first argument to append must be slice; have float64
first argument to append must be slice; have float64
for both append methods.
Also, note how type TravelItenaries struct uses string type for:
Temp_c_dest string
Temp_f_dest string
Hence why I also need to do some field type conversion from Float64 to string.
How can I extract the fields Temp_c_dest and Temp_f_dest from API response struct to TravelItenaries struct fields while changing datatypes?
EDIT: I've managed to get this somewhat working, but only inside the for loop. The data is not being saved outside the function.
service.Temp_f_dest = strconv.FormatFloat(responseData.Current.Temp_f_dest, 'g', -1, 64)
service.Temp_c_dest = strconv.FormatFloat(responseData.Current.Temp_c_dest, 'g', -1, 64)