snips-action-weather

Snips action code for the Weather app

Setup

# Install the dependencies, builds the action and creates the config.ini file.
sh setup.sh

Don't forget to edit the config.ini file.

To be able to make calls to the API, you must have a OpenWeatherMap API key (5 day / 3 hour forecast).

An assistant containing the intents listed below must be installed on your system. Deploy it following these instructions.

Run

• Dev mode:

# Dev mode watches for file changes and restarts the action.
npm run dev

• Prod mode:

# 1) Lint, transpile and test.
npm start
# 2) Run the action.
npm run launch

Test & Demo cases

This app only supports french 🇫🇷 and english 🇬🇧.

WeatherForecast

Ask for current weather or weather forecast at a given location for a specific date

Get the weather forecast at a given location

Hey Snips, what will be the weather for tuesday?

Get the weather forecast for a specific date

Hey Snips, the weather for Seffner in Belarus?

Get the weather forecast at a given location for a specific date

Hey Snips, tell me the weather for the day after tomorrow in Ohio

TemperatureForecast

Ask for a temperature report a given location and a given date

Get the temperature report for the given location

Hey Snips, what's the current temperature in Paris?

Get the temperature report for a specific date

Hey Snips, temperature forcast for tonight

Get the weather forecast for the given location for a specific date

Hey Snips, give me the predicted temperatures for Spain over the week

WeatherConditionRequest

Ask specific questions about weather / forecast in a certain location

Ask for a specific question about the weather including a date

Hey Snips, should I expect rain today? Hey Snips, should I take my umbrella?

Ask for a specific question about the weather including a location and a date

Hey Snips, should we expect snow flakes this afternoon at 6pm in France?

Debug

In the src/index.ts file:

// Replace 'error' with '*' to log everything
logger.enable('error')

Test

Requires mosquitto to be installed.

npm run test

In test mode, i18n output and http calls are mocked.

• http: mocks are written in tests/httpMocks/index.ts
• i18n: mocked by snips-toolkit, see the documentation.