WeatherWatch

This project is a Go application for fetching, storing, and querying weather data using the OpenWeatherMap API and a PostgreSQL database. The application includes functionality for:

Features

• Weather Data Fetching: Fetches current weather data from the OpenWeatherMap API.
• Data Storage: Stores weather data in a PostgreSQL database.
• Daily Weather Summaries: Computes and stores daily summaries of weather data.
• REST API: Provides endpoints to access weather data and summaries.
• Retry Logic: Handles database connection retries to ensure reliability.

Prerequisites

1. Go 1.18 or higher
2. Docker and Docker Compose
3. PostgreSQL
4. OpenWeatherMap API key

Setup

1. Clone the Repository Copy code

- git clone https://github.com/AaryanO2/Weather_Monitor.git
- cd WeatherWatch

2. Configure Environment Variables

• Create a .env file in the root directory and add your environment variables:
• eg:

    POSTGRES_USER=postgres
    POSTGRES_PASSWORD=yourPassword
    POSTGRES_DB=codedb
    DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:yourPassword@db:5432/codedb?sslmode=disable
  

• Update the Docker-compose file replace YOUR_API_KEY with OpenWeatherMap API key

3. Build and Run the Application
4. Using Docker Compose, build and start the services:

- cd server
- docker-compose up --build

This command will set up the PostgreSQL database and the Go server.

Accessing the Client

1. Open the client folder.
2. Click on the index.html file to access the website.