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Description
Describe the bug
NREL's TMY file server recently started rejecting requests originating from urlopen. The response was:
"<html><head><title>Request Rejected</title></head><body>An error has occurred. Please consult with your administrator.<br><br>Your support ID is: 12437308730316847769<br><br><a href='javascript:history.back();'>[Go Back]</a></body></html>"
However, it's still possible to download a file from the same url with a web browser. Mostly likely they, intentionally or not, started blocking any requests that don't come with a browser-like HTTP User-Agent header.
I have a fix mostly ready to go.
To Reproduce
pvlib/test/test_tmy.py F
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@network
def test_readtmy3_remote():
url = 'http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1991-2005/data/tmy3/703165TYA.CSV'
> tmy.readtmy3(url)
pvlib/test/test_tmy.py:19:
# read in file metadata
meta = dict(zip(head, csvdata.readline().rstrip('\n').split(",")))
# convert metadata strings to numeric types
> meta['altitude'] = float(meta['altitude'])
E KeyError: 'altitude'
pvlib/tmy.py:178: KeyErrorExpected behavior
Should work like it used to!
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