fbw-d09/be-node-weather-melaniesilies

be-node-weather-MelanieSilies created by GitHub Classroom

Weather CLI

Get the latest weather report - from your terminal!

What you will be doing

You will be writing a CLI application which uses an external API to get weather information.

The user will provide a city name when they run the program. Your program must use that city name in its request - and print the results into the terminal.

Example

Command

$ node weather.js manchester

Response

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@ WEATHER PROGRAM @
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It is now 15.25°C in Manchester

The current weather conditions are: scattered clouds

Tasks

Task 1 - Getting an API

1. There are many weather APIs to choose one. Sign up for a free account from one API on the list below, or find your own;

   • OpenWeatherMap API
   • Weather API

2. Make note of your API key. You will need this later.

3. Read through the API documentation to understand how to use it

Task 2 - Setting up the project

1. Initalize npm with the npm init -y command
2. Install the axios library - we will use this to create our network requests
3. Install the dotenv library - we will use it to create our environment variables
4. Create the file weather.js

Task 2 - The API key

1. Create the file .env

2. Inside this file, store your API key

   Example

   KEY = 32476f984jf83jf9fdksu32928475
   

3. Create a .gitignore file, and add the reference .env

Task 3 - Making the request

Inside weather.js;

1. Read the city from the user

   Hint: You can use process.argv

2. Import and use the dotenv library to read the API key from your process.env environment
3. Import and use the axios to request the information from the API

Task 4 - The output

Read through the returned data from your API and display;

• The city name
• The current temperature
• The current weather conditions
• Anything else you might like to add

Hint: You might also like to consider using the colors.js library to make your output fabulous 🤩!

Bonus Tasks

Your program should be also able to;

• Display a 5-day forecast
• Allow the user to switch between metric and imperial measurements