!
! Copyright 2005-2017 ECMWF.
!
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! which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
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!
! Description: how to get values using keys.
!
program read_message
use grib_api
implicit none
  integer                      ::  ifile,ofile
  integer                      ::  iret,igrib
  integer , dimension(50000)   :: buffer
  integer(kind=kindOfSize_t)   :: len1
  integer                      :: step,level

  call grib_open_file(ifile,'../../data/index.grib','r')
  call grib_open_file(ofile,'out.readmsg.grib','w')
 
! a grib message is read from file into buffer
  len1=size(buffer)*4
  call  grib_read_from_file(ifile,buffer,len1,iret) 

  do while (iret/=GRIB_END_OF_FILE)

!   a new grib message is created from buffer
    call grib_new_from_message(igrib,buffer)

!   get as a integer
    call grib_get(igrib,'step', step) 
    write(*,*) 'step=',step

    call grib_get(igrib,'level',level)
    write(*,*) 'level=',level

    call grib_release(igrib)

    call grib_write_bytes(ofile,buffer,len1)

!   a grib message is read from file into buffer
    len1=size(buffer)*4
    call  grib_read_from_file(ifile,buffer,len1,iret) 

  enddo

  call grib_close_file(ifile)
  call grib_close_file(ofile)

end program read_message

