WeatherFinder

Goes to weather.com and finds the weather based on your zip code. Gives a basic overview then can go get an hourly forecast or 10 day forecast.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'weather_finder'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install weather_finder

Usage

basic_weather

Based on the zip code if you would like to get [temperature, uv index, feels like]

WeatherFinder::Scrapper.basic_weather(94041)

#=> ["66°", "0 of 10", "66°"]

hourly_weather

Based on the zip code if you would like to get the hourly weather. Data will be returned as two dimensional array:

[[time, description, temperature, feels like, precipitation, humidity, wind], [.......],[.......]]

WeatherFinder::Scrapper.hourly_weather(94041)

#=> [["11:30 am", "Mostly Sunny", "74°", "74°", "0%", "17%", "NNE 7 mph "], ["12:00 pm", "Mostly Sunny", "76°", "76°", "0%", "16%", "NNE 6 mph "], ["1:00 pm", "Mostly Sunny", "78°", "78°", "0%", "14%", "NNE 6 mph "], ...., ....]

ten_day_weather

Based on the zip code if you would like to get the 10 day weather. Data will be returned as two dimensional array:

[[day, description, high, low, precipitation, wind, humidity], [.......], [.......]]

WeatherFinder::Scrapper.ten_day_weather(94041)

#=> [["Tonight", "Clear", "--", "55°", "0%", "42%", "NNW 6 mph "], ["Fri", "Sunny", "85°", "54°", "0%", "29%", "N 9 mph "], ["Sat", "Sunny", "81°", "54°", "0%", "45%", "NNW 9 mph "], ....., .....]

The weather_finder gem also provides a command line interface(CLI). To use the CLI:

w = WeatherFinder::CLI.new

w.call

=begin
  What is the zip code you would like to know the weather at?
  exit to quit
  94041
  **************************************
  It is currently 74°
  But it feels like 74°
  With a UV index of 5 of 10
  **************************************
  Would you like to look at the hourly or 10 day forecast?
  Type 'hourly' or '10 day' to choose.
  type 'back' to choose a different zip code.
  Or type 'exit' to quit.
=end

To bypass the interactive menu you can simply do:

w.weather_hourly(94041)

w.weather_ten_day(94041)

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/'jstooley'/weather_finder. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the WeatherFinder project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.