Laravel Yr Weather

Get weather data from Yr (MET Norway) in your Laravel apps. Simple, cached, and ready to use.

Installation

composer require ekstremedia/laravel-yr

Publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=yr-config

Add your details to .env:

YR_USER_AGENT="YourApp/1.0 (your.email@example.com)"

Note: MET Norway requires you to identify your app with contact info.

Quick Start

See it in action

Visit the interactive demo page:

http://yourapp.test/yr

The demo page features:

• Live weather display for any location
• Location search - Search by city name (e.g., "Oslo, Norway")
• Manual coordinates - Enter latitude/longitude directly
• Real-time updates - Weather components update as you change locations

Search by location:

http://yourapp.test/yr?location=Tokyo,Japan

Use specific coordinates:

http://yourapp.test/yr?latitude=59.9139&longitude=10.7522&location_name=Oslo

To disable the demo route, add to your .env:

YR_DEMO_ROUTE=false

Get weather by coordinates

GET /api/weather/current?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522

Get weather by address

GET /api/weather/current?address=Oslo,Norway

Get forecast

GET /api/weather/forecast?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522

Get sunrise/sunset data

GET /api/weather/sun?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522

Get moon phase data

GET /api/weather/moon?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522

Response Example

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "current": {
      "temperature": 8.5,
      "feels_like": 6.2,
      "wind_speed": 3.2,
      "humidity": 65,
      "precipitation_amount": 0.0
    },
    "location": {
      "latitude": 59.9139,
      "longitude": 10.7522,
      "name": "Oslo, Norway"
    }
  }
}

Usage

Using the Weather Helper (Recommended)

The easiest way to use this package is through the WeatherHelper service:

use Ekstremedia\LaravelYr\Services\WeatherHelper;

$helper = app(WeatherHelper::class);

// Get current weather by address
$result = $helper->getWeatherByAddress('Oslo, Norway');
// Returns: ['current' => [...], 'location' => [...]]

// Get current weather by coordinates
$result = $helper->getWeatherByCoordinates(59.9139, 10.7522, altitude: 90);

// Get forecast
$forecast = $helper->getForecastByAddress('Bergen, Norway');
$forecast = $helper->getForecastByCoordinates(60.39, 5.32, complete: true);

// Get sun data (sunrise/sunset)
$sun = $helper->getSunByAddress('Oslo, Norway');
$sun = $helper->getSunByCoordinates(59.9139, 10.7522, date: '2025-12-25', offset: 1);

// Get moon data (phase, rise/set)
$moon = $helper->getMoonByAddress('Bergen, Norway');
$moon = $helper->getMoonByCoordinates(60.39, 5.32, date: '2025-12-25', offset: 1);

Using API Routes

The package automatically registers API routes (fully configurable):

GET /api/weather/current?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522
GET /api/weather/current?address=Oslo,Norway
GET /api/weather/forecast?lat=59.9139&lon=10.7522

Customize API routes in your .env:

# Disable API routes entirely
YR_API_ROUTES=false

# Customize route prefix (default: api/weather)
YR_API_ROUTE_PREFIX=weather

# Customize endpoint names
YR_API_CURRENT_ENDPOINT=now
YR_API_FORECAST_ENDPOINT=predictions
YR_API_SUN_ENDPOINT=sunrise
YR_API_MOON_ENDPOINT=moonphase

With the above config, routes become:

• /weather/now (current weather)
• /weather/predictions (forecast)
• /weather/sunrise (sun data)
• /weather/moonphase (moon data)

Using Services Directly

use Ekstremedia\LaravelYr\Services\YrWeatherService;

$weather = app(YrWeatherService::class)->getCurrentWeather(59.9139, 10.7522);

return view('weather', ['weather' => $weather]);

In Blade templates

Current weather:

<x-yr-weather-card
    :latitude="59.9139"
    :longitude="10.7522"
    location="Oslo, Norway"
/>

5-Day Forecast:

<x-yr-forecast-card
    :latitude="59.9139"
    :longitude="10.7522"
    location="Oslo"
    :days="5"
/>

Sunrise/Sunset:

<x-yr-sunrise-card
    :latitude="59.9139"
    :longitude="10.7522"
    location="Oslo, Norway"
    date="2025-12-25"
    :offset="1"
/>

Moon Phase:

<x-yr-moon-card
    :latitude="59.9139"
    :longitude="10.7522"
    location="Oslo, Norway"
    date="2025-12-25"
    :offset="1"
/>

In JavaScript

const response = await fetch('/api/weather/current?address=Bergen,Norway');
const { data } = await response.json();

console.log(`${data.current.temperature}°C`);

Available Data

Weather Data

Each weather response includes:

• Temperature (actual and feels-like)
• Wind (speed, direction, gusts)
• Humidity and pressure
• Cloud coverage
• Precipitation
• UV index
• Weather symbol/icon code

Sun Data

Sunrise/sunset responses include:

• Sunrise and sunset times with azimuth
• Solar noon and solar midnight
• Sun elevation angles
• Daylight duration (hours and minutes)

Moon Data

Moon phase responses include:

• Moon phase (degrees and name: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, etc.)
• Moon phase emoji visualization
• Moonrise and moonset times with azimuth
• High moon and low moon times with elevation

Configuration

The config file (config/yr.php) has these settings:

return [
    // Required: User agent for MET Norway API
    'user_agent' => env('YR_USER_AGENT', 'YourApp/1.0 (contact@example.com)'),

    // Cache duration in seconds
    'cache_ttl' => env('YR_CACHE_TTL', 3600),

    // Enable/disable demo page at /yr
    'enable_demo_route' => env('YR_DEMO_ROUTE', true),

    // Enable/disable API routes
    'enable_api_routes' => env('YR_API_ROUTES', true),

    // Customize API route prefix (default: 'api/weather')
    'api_route_prefix' => env('YR_API_ROUTE_PREFIX', 'api/weather'),

    // Customize endpoint names
    'api_current_endpoint' => env('YR_API_CURRENT_ENDPOINT', 'current'),
    'api_forecast_endpoint' => env('YR_API_FORECAST_ENDPOINT', 'forecast'),
    'api_sun_endpoint' => env('YR_API_SUN_ENDPOINT', 'sun'),
    'api_moon_endpoint' => env('YR_API_MOON_ENDPOINT', 'moon'),
];

Weather data is automatically cached to avoid hitting the API too often.

How caching works

The package intelligently caches all API requests:

• Weather data: Cached by coordinates and parameters. The cache automatically respects the Expires header from MET Norway's API, typically updating every hour.
• Geocoding: Address lookups are cached for 7 days to minimize requests to the geocoding service.
• Conditional requests: The package uses If-Modified-Since headers to check if data has changed, reducing bandwidth usage.

All GET endpoints (/api/weather/current and /api/weather/forecast) benefit from this caching layer, ensuring fast responses while respecting API rate limits.

Customization

Want to change how the weather cards look? Publish the views:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=yr-views

Then edit resources/views/vendor/laravel-yr/components/weather-card.blade.php.

Want to use local weather icons? Publish the symbols:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=yr-symbols

This copies 83 weather symbol SVGs to public/vendor/laravel-yr/symbols.

Licensing and Attribution

Weather Data

All weather data is provided by The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) and is licensed under:

• Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 2.0
• Creative Commons 4.0 BY International (CC BY 4.0)

When using this package, you must provide appropriate credit to MET Norway as the source of the weather data. The package components automatically include the required attribution.

Required Attribution: "Weather data from The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)"

For more details, see MET Norway's Licensing and Crediting Policy.

Weather Icons

The weather symbol SVG files are licensed under the MIT License. Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Yr.no.

Package Code

This Laravel package code is licensed under the MIT License.

Credits

• Weather data: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
• Weather icons: Yr.no
• Package developed for easy integration of Norwegian weather data in Laravel applications

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

Note: This package's MIT license applies only to the package code itself. Weather data and icons have their own licenses as stated above.