Weather Checker

To start locally

# Run these commands and open http://localhost:3000/accumark
rm db-development-weather-checker.sqlite && make migrate && make seed && make

Run tests

# Just linting
make test

Push to prod

git push umaar master

Run these just once

make install
make migrate
make seed

See logs in prod

pm2 show weather-checker

Example API requests

1. Location API

curl -X GET "https://dataservice.accuweather.com/locations/v1/cities/geoposition/search?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&q=<LAT_HERE>%2C<LON_HERE>&details=true"

See location-based-on-lat-lon.json

To get the town

response.Details.Key which gives a more granular key, which can then be used in further API requests.

To get the city:

response.ParentCity.Key gives back a key which is needed for the next API request:

2. Current Conditions API

curl -X GET "https://dataservice.accuweather.com/currentconditions/v1/<LOCATION_KEY_HERE>?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&details=true"

See current-conditions.json

3. Forecast API - 1 Day of Daily Forecasts

curl -X GET "https://dataservice.accuweather.com/forecasts/v1/daily/1day/<LOCATION_KEY_HERE>?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&details=true&metric=true"

See forecast-1-day.json

4. Forecast API - 1 Hour of Hourly Forecasts

curl -X GET "https://dataservice.accuweather.com/forecasts/v1/hourly/1hour/<LOCATION_KEY_HERE>?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&details=true&metric=true"

See forecast-1-hour.json

5. Forecast API - 12 Hours of Hourly Forecasts

curl -X GET "https://dataservice.accuweather.com/forecasts/v1/hourly/12hour/<LOCATION_KEY_HERE>?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&details=true&metric=true"

See forecast-12-hours.json

6. Autocomplete Search - "bright"

curl -X GET "http://dataservice.accuweather.com/locations/v1/cities/autocomplete?apikey=<API_KEY_HERE>&q=brigh"

See autocomplete-bright.json

Note

24 hours or more are not permitted by the API.