pyweathercli

pyweathercli is a command line interface to retrieve information on different locations. It allows for configuration of a default location. This allows to not pass a location argument each time. pyweathercli uses Open Weather Map and pyowm to retrieve information, pyfiglet for text encoding and click for the cli creation.

Installing

$ pip install -U pyweathercli

Configuration File

A configuration file can be located in the package file. The file is named under config.json. Below is the diagram.

{
    "default_location": "",
    "api_key": ""
}

Obtaining an OWM API Key

To obtain an OWM API Key, visit the link here. Click the login button. Then enter your credentials or sign up. You will be greeted with a landing page. On the middle navigation bar, click API Keys, and a default API Key will be shown. You can copy that or make one of your own. Once you obtain your API Key, set it using the --apikey flag during your first use. Example:

$ weather --location "Los Angeles" --apikey "API KEY HERE"

Use

Setting a default location via the command line

$ weather [-d or --default] "Location name"

This will edit the configuration file with a default location name. Doing this will alow the following usage.

$ weather
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  ____ _
 / ___| | ___  __ _ _ __
| |   | |/ _ \/ _` | '__|
| |___| |  __/ (_| | |
 \____|_|\___|\__,_|_|


Location: Los Angeles
Clear Sky
Sunrise Time: 2020-05-23 10:32:13+00
Sunset Time: 2020-05-24 00:40:06+00
Temperature: 66°F / 19°C
Heat Index: 66°F / 19°C
Humidity: 93%
Pressure: 32 barometers
Wind: 3mph / 5kph
Visibility Distance: 10m / 16km
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Use without a default location

$ weather [--location or -l] "Location name"
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  ____ _
 / ___| | ___  __ _ _ __
| |   | |/ _ \/ _` | '__|
| |___| |  __/ (_| | |
 \____|_|\___|\__,_|_|


Location: Los Angeles
Clear Sky
Sunrise Time: 2020-05-23 10:32:13+00
Sunset Time: 2020-05-24 00:40:06+00
Temperature: 66°F / 19°C
Heat Index: 66°F / 19°C
Humidity: 93%
Pressure: 32 barometers
Wind: 3mph / 5kph
Visibility Distance: 10m / 16km
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