Hi there,

I am evaluating windyAPI for (paid) use in a single page app. I'm trying to figure out the best way to redraw or reinitialise the map once I've navigated away so that < div id="windy" > has disappeared from the DOM.

When I navigate back < div id="windy" > is again part of the DOM but needs to have windyAPI reinitialised. When I try to rerun windyInit, I get many errors along the lines of "tinyrequire DI error: Object W.glAnimation already exists" "tinyrequire DI error: Object W.glVector already exists"

Is there a way to reset W back to preinit state?

Thanks,
Anne

Interesting. The code I'm running is something along the lines of

# if !copy_of_W
#    copy_of_W = _.extend({}, W)
# if W.windyBoot
#    W = _.extend({}, copy_of_W)

windyInit(options, (windyAPI) ->
    { map } = windyAPI
    lat = track.points[0].latitude
    lon = track.points[0].longitude
    L.marker([lat, lon], { title: track.aircraft }).addTo( map )
    pointsArray = []
    _.forEach(track.points, (point) ->
        pointsArray.push([point.latitude, point.longitude])
    )
    L.polyline(pointsArray, { color: 'red' }).addTo( map )
)

The first time the route loads, everything works like a charm. If I navigate to a different route then back again, windy reloads in the default view, with no options and no markers, and the following console errors

If I uncomment

if !copy_of_W
    copy_of_W = _.extend({}, W)
if W.windyBoot
    W = _.extend({}, copy_of_W)

windy reloads as expected, with the options and the markers etc.

@ivo thanks for sorting it so quickly :)

This might help https://community.windy.com/topic/6503/redrawing-or-reinitialising-windyapi-in-a-single-page-app

They don't seem to have a method to reinitialise but the hack listed there should work.

Hi there

We are using your product to track airplanes - our points give us latitude, longitude, and altitude (in meters).

Looking at the availLevels array, the units aren't consistent - you can pass 100m but any higher altitudes have to be set in hPa, which not only requires additional logic but what looks like a really complicated calculation to convert meters to hPa.

I notice that when you are setting the levels with the UI, hPa are mapped to meters anyway. Is it possible to set the level based on meters?

Thanks for a really nice product.

Cheers
Anne

@ivo thanks for sorting it so quickly :)

Interesting. The code I'm running is something along the lines of

# if !copy_of_W
#    copy_of_W = _.extend({}, W)
# if W.windyBoot
#    W = _.extend({}, copy_of_W)

windyInit(options, (windyAPI) ->
    { map } = windyAPI
    lat = track.points[0].latitude
    lon = track.points[0].longitude
    L.marker([lat, lon], { title: track.aircraft }).addTo( map )
    pointsArray = []
    _.forEach(track.points, (point) ->
        pointsArray.push([point.latitude, point.longitude])
    )
    L.polyline(pointsArray, { color: 'red' }).addTo( map )
)

The first time the route loads, everything works like a charm. If I navigate to a different route then back again, windy reloads in the default view, with no options and no markers, and the following console errors

If I uncomment

if !copy_of_W
    copy_of_W = _.extend({}, W)
if W.windyBoot
    W = _.extend({}, copy_of_W)

windy reloads as expected, with the options and the markers etc.

I am also experiencing this issue, with Chrome complaining about "Cross-Origin Read Blocking (CORB) blocked cross-origin response https://api4.windy.com/api4/auth with MIME type text/html. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5629709824032768 for more details." on line 2 of libBoot.js

Follow up solution for this issue is to copy the preinit W global somewhere, then reset W from that copy before reinitialising. I put something similar to this snippet before my call to windyInit()

if (!window.copy_of_W) {
window.copy_of_W = Object.assign({}, window.W);
}
if (window.W.windyBoot) {
window.W = Object.assign({}, window.copy_of_W);
}

Hope this helps someone.

Hi there,

I am evaluating windyAPI for (paid) use in a single page app. I'm trying to figure out the best way to redraw or reinitialise the map once I've navigated away so that < div id="windy" > has disappeared from the DOM.

When I navigate back < div id="windy" > is again part of the DOM but needs to have windyAPI reinitialised. When I try to rerun windyInit, I get many errors along the lines of "tinyrequire DI error: Object W.glAnimation already exists" "tinyrequire DI error: Object W.glVector already exists"

Is there a way to reset W back to preinit state?

Thanks,
Anne