weather-dashboard-jl 0.1.3

A Rich-powered weather dashboard CLI using WeatherAPI.com, with favorites and interactive mode.

🌤️ Weather Dashboard CLI

A Python command-line weather dashboard built with Typer and Rich. Fetch current weather and forecasts, manage favorite cities, and explore weather data via an interactive CLI.

✨ Features

• 🌤️ Current weather for any city
• ⭐ Manage favorite cities (add, list, remove, clear)
• 🧭 Interactive menu-based mode
• 🌡️ Celsius / Fahrenheit support
• 📊 Rich-formatted terminal output
• ⚠️ Basic weather alerts (rain, etc.)

📦 Installation (from PyPI)

Using pip

pip install weather-dashboard-jl

Using uvx (no project needed)

uvx --from weather-dashboard-jl weather --help

🔑 API Key Setup

This CLI uses WeatherAPI.com.

1) Get an API key

Create an account and generate a key at: https://www.weatherapi.com/

2) Set the environment variable

macOS / Linux

export WEATHER_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:WEATHER_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

🧪 Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/weather-dashboard.git
cd weather-dashboard
uv sync

🚀 Usage

Help

weather --help

Current weather

weather current Singapore
weather current "New York" --units f

Interactive mode

weather interactive

Favorites

weather fav add London
weather fav list
weather fav remove London
weather fav clear

📁 Project Structure

weather_dashboard/
├── cli_weather.py        # Typer CLI commands
├── client.py             # WeatherAPI HTTP client
├── conditions.py         # Weather condition mappings
├── models.py             # View models
├── ui.py                 # Rich UI helpers
├── weather_service.py    # Domain logic
├── favorites.py          # Favorites persistence
├── units.py              # Unit handling (C/F)
├── alerts.py             # Alert logic
└── data/
    └── weather_conditions.json