LSWeather

A Scriptable script to add weather information on a wallpaper. The script is meant to be called from Shortcuts app. It is fully customizable script giving you access to change each weather data element on the lockscreen.

Installation

1. Download the script WeatherLS.js to Scriptable folder in your iCloud Drive
2. Open the script in the Scriptable editor and add your openweather API key at const API_KEY =
   • Get your own API key for free here. Account is needed.
3. Create an Album in Photos with name WeatherLS
4. Add some wallpapers to this Album
5. Download and install this shortcut
6. Run the shortcut

Script Configuration

1. If you want to test the script from Scriptable app i.e. without setting up the above shortcut

   • Create a folder LSWallpapers in iCloud/Scriptable
   • Copy a wallpaper file and rename it to wallpaper.jpg
   • The script will create a new wallpaper called lswallpaper.jpg in the same location

2. If you want to test the script without calling the openweather API

   • Open the script in the Scriptable editor and find the variable TESTING
   • Set this variable to true i.e. const TESTING = true;

3. You can change below parameters as per your requirement

   • Unit of temperature - look for the variable UNITS in the script.
   • Locale/Language - look for the variable LANG in the script.
   • You can get valid values of UNITS & LANG here.

4. You can change the layout of the data elements by changing the dictionary layouts. Detailed explanation given in the script.

5. Check script logs in LSWeatherLogs folder in iCloud/Scriptable (logs are only saved to file when the script is run from Shortcuts, else logs are displayed on the console).

Known Issues

1. Sometimes the script fails to complete and also doesn't throw an error. This could be a problem with particular wallpaper or due to insufficient memory. Run the shortcut again or try with different wallpaper.
2. While trying to run the shortcut in Automation it throws an error "Shortcuts could not open the app for the URL scheme "scriptable". The app may not be installed on this device.". This is either iOS bug or Scriptable bug. Due to this, the set-up cannot be completely automated. If anybody is able to figure it out, drop me an email. Would love to see this work.