Function open_notify::spot[−][src]

pub async fn spot(
    latitude: f64, 
    longitude: f64, 
    altitude: f64
) -> Result<Vec<Spot>, String>
Expand description

Fetch current ISS spotting update once and stop thread immediately after success. Returns the result in a future.

Parameters

  • latitude: latitude in decimal degrees of the ground station. required Range: -90..90
  • longitude: longitude in decimal degress of the ground station. required Range: -180..180
  • altitude: altitude in meters of the ground station. optional. Range: 0..10000
  • poll_mins: Update interval:
    • > 0: duration of poll period in minutes (10 is recommended)
    • = 0: thread will terminate after the first successful update.

Return value

  • ⇒ Ok(Vec<Spot>): vector of upcoming spotting events (see also open-notify documentation for details)
  • ⇒ Err(String): Error message about any occured http or json issue - e.g. `500 Internal Server Error“ - some json parser error message if response from open-notify.org could not be parsed