krawler-vigicrues

A Krawler based service to download data from French flood warning system Vigicrues

Overview

The krawler-vigicrues job scrapes flood alerts from the following services: https://www.vigicrues.gouv.fr/services/1/. The downloaded data are stored in a MongoDB database and more precisely in the collection vigicrues.

All records are stored in GeoJson format.

The job is executed according a specific cron expression. By default every 3 hours.

To get support from Vigicrues, use the following contact address: vigicrues@developpement-durable.gouv.fr

Configuration

Variable	Description
DB_URL	The mongoDB database URL. The default value is mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/vigicrues.
DEBUG	Enables debug output. Set it to krawler* to enable full output. By default it is undefined.

Deployment

We personally use Kargo to deploy the service.