An odd question - save the data as json files

[walteij]

I was wondering if i could get the data from fastf1 into grafana, so I can jst make the telemetry and other things click and go instead of me coding some stuff. I see that the cache basicaly uses pickle to save the data, but Grafana does not read pkl files to my knowledge.

Is there a way to simply save the json files that are downloaded by fastf1, instead of saving them as ff1pkl files?

[walteij]

Let's just answer that one myself, because things can be so much easier that way (I really need so investigate more before asking questions).

base_url = 'https://livetiming.formula1.com'

/static//<Date_And_Name_of_race>/<date_Session>
and <Date_And_Name_of_race>/<date_Session> can be gathered from https://livetiming.formula1.com/static/SessionInfo.json

'session_data': 'SessionData.json', # track + session status + lap count
'session_info': 'SessionInfo.json', # more rnd
'archive_status': 'ArchiveStatus.json', # rnd=1880327548
'heartbeat': 'Heartbeat.jsonStream', # Probably time synchronization?
'audio_streams': 'AudioStreams.jsonStream', # Link to audio commentary
'driver_list': 'DriverList.jsonStream', # Driver info and line story
'extrapolated_clock': 'ExtrapolatedClock.jsonStream', # Boolean
'race_control_messages': 'RaceControlMessages.json', # Flags etc
'session_status': 'SessionStatus.jsonStream', # Start and finish times
'team_radio': 'TeamRadio.jsonStream', # Links to team radios
'timing_app_data': 'TimingAppData.jsonStream', # Tyres and laps (juicy)
'timing_stats': 'TimingStats.jsonStream', # 'Best times/speed' useless
'track_status': 'TrackStatus.jsonStream', # SC, VSC and Yellow
'weather_data': 'WeatherData.jsonStream', # Temp, wind and rain
'position': 'Position.z.jsonStream', # Coordinates, not GPS? (.z)
'car_data': 'CarData.z.jsonStream', # Telemetry channels (.z)
'content_streams': 'ContentStreams.jsonStream', # Lap by lap feeds
'timing_data': 'TimingData.jsonStream', # Gap to car ahead
'lap_count': 'LapCount.jsonStream', # Lap counter
'championship_prediction': 'ChampionshipPrediction.jsonStream' # Points

And we'll continue to work from there.