A beautiful and responsive desktop Weather Application built with PyQt5, powered by the OpenWeatherMap API. Enter your city name to instantly get temperature, weather condition, and a corresponding emoji.
- Real-time weather info via OpenWeatherMap
- Temperature in Celsius
- Weather condition description
- Dynamic weather emojis (☀️ 🌦️ ❄️ etc.)
- Clear UI with Qt layouts and custom CSS styles
- Full error handling for various HTTP response codes.
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- Python 3.x
- PyQt5
- Internet connection (to fetch API data)
- OpenWeatherMap API key
pip install pyqt5 requests
🧪 How to Run
Clone this repository or download the code.
Replace the default api_key in the script with your own OpenWeatherMap API key.
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api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
Run the app:
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python weather_app.py
🌍 API Information
This app uses OpenWeatherMap to fetch real-time weather data.
Endpoint used:
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https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q={city}&appid={api_key}
🎨 UI & Layout
Built with QVBoxLayout for vertical stacking
Styled using Qt's setStyleSheet() for CSS-like customization
Dynamic emoji rendering using Unicode based on weather conditions
⚠️ Error Handling
The app gracefully handles:
City not found (404)
No internet connection
API authentication errors (401)
API rate limits and server errors
💡 Emojis Mapping
Weather Code Range Emoji
200–232 (Thunder) 🌦️
300–321 (Drizzle) 🌧️
500–531 (Rain) ☁️
600–622 (Snow) ❄️
701–762 (Mist etc.) ☀️
800–804 (Clear/Clouds) ☀️
Others 😐
📁 Project Structure
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weather-app/
├── weather_app.py # Main application code
├── README.md # You're reading this!