WeatherApp Bash

A terminal-based weather application written in Bash. Fetches weather data for cities using OpenStreetMap geocoding and the Open-Meteo API. The app supports current weather, comparisons, forecasts, and hourly details.

Features

• City Geocoding: Converts city names to latitude and longitude using OpenStreetMap.
• Current Weather: Displays temperature, wind speed, and weather conditions.
• Hourly Comparison: Compare current temperature with last hour.
• Daily Comparison: Compare today's temperature with the same time yesterday.
• Forecast: Get hourly forecast for a specific date.
• Full Hourly Forecast: Shows full hourly weather for today.
• Caching: Saves city coordinates and weather data in JSON to reduce API calls.

Requirements

• Bash 5+
• curl
• jq (for JSON parsing)

Directory Structure

WeatherApp/
│
├── data/                  # Cached city and weather data
│   ├── cities.txt
│   └── history.json
│
├── utils/                 # Utility scripts
│   ├── geocoding.sh
│   ├── weatherapi.sh
│   └── helpers.sh
│
└── main.sh                # Main application entry point

Usage

# Make sure scripts are executable
chmod +x main.sh utils/*.sh

# Run the app
./main.sh

Follow the menu to enter a city name and choose which weather information to display.

Contribution

Feel free to fork the project, add features, and submit pull requests.

Author

Chibuike / chubby-tech