My own Weather App.

Partially based on the schematic provided by NubiSoft.

This application allows you to check the current weather and the forecast for the next 3 days for the cities of Hamburg and Gliwice.
Before using the app you need to obtain your own API key from the website https://www.weatherapi.com/
The app allows you to store your API key on your device and load it.

The backend server has 3 functional routes:

• /admin which allows the user to use access admin settings which are available with django / djangorest package
• /realtime-weather - needs API key - makes a request to external server and returns the current weather informations for Hamburg and Gliwice
• /forecast-weather - needs API key - makes a request to external server and returns the forecast data for the next 3 days for cities of Hamburg and Gliwice
• /manage-key - used to store / load the api key from the database

The frontend server allows for the following functionalities:

• accessing and displaying the data on the current weather for the Hamburg and Gliwice cities.
• accessing and displaying the data on the forecast for the next 3 days for the cities of Hamburg and Gliwice.
• storing and loading the API key from the local database
• accessing the information on the creator of the app.

To prepare the backend server for start, create an .env in the directory /Backend/WeatherApiApp/API file and insert there the following informations,
AES_ENCRYPTION_KEY={// here you insert your aes encryption key}
SECRET_KEY = ' here you insert your secret key'
DEBUG = False // here you set whether you want to use the server in debug mode or not

Also before launching the background server make sure to download the dependencies listed below:
aes==1.2.0
Django==5.1.2
djangorestframework==3.15.2
python-dotenv==1.1.0
Requests==2.32.3

or use command
pip install -r requirements.txt
in the directory with the requirements file.

To start the backend server. please ensure that you have the Python in version 3 or above and the dependencies installed and run the following command in the directory of the Scripts folder ( /Backend/WeatherAppApi/env/Scripts).
activate.bat
and in the directory /Backend/WeatherAppApi/API
python manage.py runserver 127.0.0.1:8000
in the directory with the manage.py file

To prepare the Frontend server you have to install the following dependencies:
@types/react-dom@18.3.6
@types/react@18.3.20
@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@7.18.0
@typescript-eslint/parser@7.18.0
@vitejs/plugin-react@4.3.4
autoprefixer@10.4.21
axios@1.8.4
eslint-plugin-react-hooks@4.6.2
eslint-plugin-react-refresh@0.4.19
eslint-plugin-react@7.37.5
eslint@8.57.1
postcss@8.5.3
react-dom@18.3.1
react@18.3.1
tailwindcss@3.4.17
typescript@5.8.3
vite@5.4.18

In order to start the frontend server you must run the following command:
npm run dev

After launching the web browser and connecting to the site we are presented with main menu.
In the main menu we have 3 options:

• Current Weather - which redirects to the API key input page. After submitting the correct key we are being presented with the current weather on Hamburg and Gliwice cities.
• Forecast - which also redirects to the API key input page. After submitting the correct key we are being presented with the forecast for the next 3 days for the cities of Hamburg and Gliwice
• About - Displays the infomation on the creator of the app, contains links to social media. Additionally during the submission of the API key we are able to use the Save and Load buttons to save locally and load locally stored api key.

If you want to run your frontend server locally you can install simple http server eg. serve and run the build version of the app on it
npm install -g serve
then navigate to the Frontend folder and execute the following command (in the directory /Frontend/react-ts)
serve -s dist
Afterwards you can connect to the server