Author: Tom Zicarelli

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Internet sensors projects

overview

A series of projects that use Internet API’s for interactive media projects.

updated 2/14/2021.

Projects have been tested on Max8 and Mac OS Catalina – except where noted.  Other dependencies are are listed on individual project pages.

My goal is to show a variety of methods to get data to and from Max. API’s come and go, as do the libraries that support them.

download

internet-sensors is on Github at:  https://github.com/tkzic/internet-sensors

Each project is in a separate folder.

authorization

Some projects require passwords and API-keys from providers.

For example, for the ‘Twitter streaming API in Max’ project you’ll need to set up a Twitter application from your account to get authorization credentials.

For projects that need authorization usually you’ll just need to modify the patches/source code with your user information – as directed in the instructions.  The API keys embedded in the code will not work unless specifically mentioned, like with the Google speech API.

help

API’s used in the projects change fairly often. So there’s no guarantee they’ll work. If you find problems or have ideas – please post to them to the github repository. Or email me at [email protected].

projects

1. Twitter streaming API in Max (FM, php, curl, geocoding, [aka.speech], Soundflower (optional), Morse code, OSC, data recorder, Twitter v1.1 API, Twitter Apps, Oauth)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=5786

2. Sending tweets from Max using curl ([sprintf], [aka.shell], xively.com API, zapier.com API, JSON, javascript Twitter v1.1 API, Oauth)

deprecated 2/11/2021 – old project link here: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=5447

3. Send and receive tweets in Max using ruby (ruby, API, JSON, javascript Twitter v1.1 API, OSC, Oauth)

New! – use the project above to send tweets from using a Fisher Price “Little Tikes” piano: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6993

4. Speech to text in Max (Google speech API, JSON, javascript, sox, Twitter v1.1 API, Oauth)

Note: Send Tweets using speech as well.

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=4690

5. A conversation with a robot in Max (Google speech API, sox, JSON,  pandorabots API, python, [aka.speech]

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=9834

7. Playing bird calls in Max (xeno-canto API, [jit.uldl], [jit.qt.movie])

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=4225

8. Soundcloud API in Max (node.js)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=20120

 

9. Real time train map using Max and node.js (XML, JSON, OSC, data recorder, web sockets, Irish Rail API)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=5477

10. stock market music in Max (OSC, netcat,  php, mysql, html, javascript, Yahoo API, linux)

…updates in progress…

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=12029

11. Using weather forecast data to drive weather sounds in Pure Data (ruby, OSC, JSON, openweathermap API, “Designing Sound” by Andy Farnell)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=5846

… updates in progress…

12. Using ping times to control oscilators in Max (Mashape ping-uin API, ruby, OSC, JSON)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=5945

13. Spotify Segment analysis player – sonification of audio analysis data from Spotify (echo nest) API, node,  Max/MSP)

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=20096

14. Quadcopter AR_drone – Fly a quadcopter using Max – with streaming Web video. ( node.js, AR_drone, Google Chrome, Osc, Max/MSP)

deprecated 2/14/2021 – old project link: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6635

15. Adding markers to Google Maps in Max – ( node.js, ruby, Google Chrome, Osc, Max/MSP, websockets, Google Maps API, Jquery, javascript)

deprecated 2/14/2021 – old project link: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=11412

16. Max data recorder –  Record and play back streams of data simultaneously at various rates

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=8053

17. MBTA bus data in Max –  Sonification of Mass Ave buses, from Harvard to Dudley

… updates in progress…

https://reactivemusic.net/?p=17524

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Using wind forecast data to generate wind sounds with Pd

This project receives wind data from the U.S. Coastal Observing Research and Development Center (CORDC) at Scripps Institute of Oceanography  the openweathermap.org API

http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/models/coamps/api/

http://openweathermap.org/API

It uses the data to set the ‘wind speed’ of Andy Farnell’s wind sound patches from “Designing Sound”

http://aspress.co.uk/sd/index.php

Error 4/26/2014

Getting a parsing error on the ruby script. Will be debugging shortly!

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/Users/tkzic/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353@global/gems/json-1.8.1/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `initialize': A JSON text must at least contain two octets! (JSON::ParserError)</span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">from /Users/tkzic/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353@global/gems/json-1.8.1/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `new'</span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">from /Users/tkzic/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353@global/gems/json-1.8.1/lib/json/common.rb:155:in `parse'</span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">from ./wind-open-forecast.rb:92:in `&lt;main&gt;'</span>


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The http: requests are managed by a ruby server script and sent via OSC to Pure Data.


Two of Andy Farnell’s patches are also running (with very slight mods): wind4a.pd, and thunder4a.pd


From pd, you can select which city to get data from, and control the rate at which the data is replayed from the ruby server. The forecast cycle is about 3 days long.


From the pd patch you can select the rate of data playback, and select which city to use for data (Santa Cruz or San Diego).


Note: the wind speed expected by Andy Farnell’s wind patch is between 0 and about 0.7


download


https://github.com/tkzic/internet-sensors


folder: pd-weather


files


main Pd patches


    

  • wind-open-machine.pd
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  • thunder4a.pd
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  • wind4a.pd
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pd abstractions




designingSound/ folder:


Add this folder to the path list in Pd before the system files because the distance.pd abstraction has the same name as a system file used for map distances.






    

  • distance.pd
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  • fcpan.pd
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  • strike-pattern.pd
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  • strike-sound.pd
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  • udly.pd
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ruby






    

  • wind-open-forecast.rb
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required gems include:




    

  • osc-ruby
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  • patron
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  • json
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authorization


    

  • none required
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instructions






1. Open all three pd patches






    

  • wind-open-machine.pd
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  • thunder4a.pd
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  • wind4a.pd
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2. Turn audio on




3. start the ruby script from a terminal window by typing



./wind-open-forecast.rb






(NOTE: Sometimes the ruby script will time-out when you first launch it. Just run it again.)




4. You can tweak various parameters to scale the effect of the wind data on the sounds


revision history


5/19/2014


currently getting this error in the ruby server – need to rewrite:




    

  • update 3-25-2013 If you are running this  project and getting errors from the ruby script –   CORDC is not producing wind data – so please use this workaround – which uses the openweathermap.org API
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RGB LED globe
	


	
	

		
I have been distracted today by an idea to make a globe (any size) out of RGB led’s which would be addressable by lat/lon coordinates. I found a story about these guys who built a single 40 led ring which rotates – at a certain frame rate – with 200 addressable positions – ie., 40×200.


by Solderlab


http://www.solderlab.de/index.php/led-projects/rgb-globe




Here’s an example of spherical projection mapping


by Hrvoje Benko at Microsoft Research






A patent application for a spherical electronic LCD display.


By Robin Dziama


http://www.google.com/patents/US20110199286



	


	







		

		
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Coastal wind API
	


	
	

		
At the Coastal Observing Research and Development Center (CORDC) at UC San Diego


http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/models/coamps/api/




REST API


http://cordc.ucsd.edu/js/COAMPS/query.php?help


Examples:


COAMPS URL Services
Recognized parameters: bbox, ll, ts, fmt, callback, force
`ll` and `bbox` are mutually exclusive, with bbox taking precedence.
      bbox: 	Query directive - return records in bounds '<north>,<east>,<south>,<west>'
        ll: 	Query directive - return records nearest '<lat>,<lon>'
        ts: 	Query directive - return records at specific epoch time (seconds)
       fmt: 	Output format.  One of ( json, csv, tsv ), default: json.
  callback: 	For JSON output, a function wrapper's name, ignored otherwise.
     force: 	Caching directive - override cache when true.

Parameter Usage Examples:
      bbox: 	36.25,-116.445,33.919,-119.445
        ll: 	35.1124,-120.221
        ts: 	1362499746
       fmt: 	json
  callback: 	doWindsCallback

All together now!
http://cordc.ucsd.edu/js/COAMPS/query.php?bbox=36.25,-116.445,33.919,-119.445&ll=35.1124,-120.221&ts=1362499746&fmt=json&callback=doWindsCallback

Gotcha!  I said bbox and ll were mutually exclusive.  Try again?
http://cordc.ucsd.edu/js/COAMPS/query.php?bbox=36.25,-116.445,33.919,-119.445&ts=1362499746&fmt=json&callback=doWindsCallback