weather-cloud-function

A google cloud function to fetch and display the weather forecast

Motivation

I wanted a basic weather site to show me the forecast. It should load quickly on a poor data connection. I wasn't happy with existing web sites which felt bloated or with Android apps that would run in the background and asked for unneeded permissions. I also made this to learn about google cloud functions.

Setup

• Download this git repo and cd into it
• Update urls.yaml with URLs for areas that you're interested in. This link has info on how to find URLs. If you don't update the URLs then you'll get the forecast for Fargo, ND.
• Set up your google account and the cloud SDK as described here.
• Once you have the gcloud command working, run gcloud functions deploy weatherForecast --runtime python37 --trigger-http --allow-unauthenticated --env-vars-file urls.yaml. Success should look something like this:

$ gcloud functions deploy weatherForecast --runtime python37 --trigger-http --allow-unauthenticated --env-vars-file urls.yaml
Deploying function (may take a while - up to 2 minutes)...done.
availableMemoryMb: 256
entryPoint: weatherForecast
environmentVariables:
  forecastURL: https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/FGF/99,57/forecast
  hourlyURL: https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/FGF/99,57/forecast/hourly
httpsTrigger:
  url: https://us-region-projectname.cloudfunctions.net/weatherForecast
ingressSettings: ALLOW_ALL
labels:
  deployment-tool: cli-gcloud
name: projects/projectname/locations/us-region/functions/weatherForecast
runtime: python37
serviceAccountEmail: projectname@appspot.gserviceaccount.com
sourceUploadUrl: https://storage.googleapis.com/gcf-upload-us-region-UUID/UUID/UUID.zip?GoogleAccessId=service-blablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablabla
status: ACTIVE
timeout: 60s
updateTime: '2020-04-03T18:00:04.164Z'
versionId: '9'

Visit the httpsTrigger in a browser to get the forecast.