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Module: Weather Forecast

The weatherforecast module is one of the default modules of the MagicMirror. This module displays the weather forecast for the coming week, including an an icon to display the current conditions, the minimum temperature and the maximum temperature.

Using the module

To use this module, add it to the modules array in the config/config.js file:

modules: [
	{
		module: "weatherforecast",
		position: "top_right",	// This can be any of the regions.
									// Best results in left or right regions.
		config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			location: "Amsterdam,Netherlands",
			locationID: "", //Location ID from http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
			appid: "abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab" //openweathermap.org API key.
		}
	}
]

Configuration options

The following properties can be configured:

Option Description
location The location used for weather information.

Example: 'Amsterdam,Netherlands'
Default value: false

Note: When the location and locationID are both not set, the location will be based on the information provided by the calendar module. The first upcoming event with location data will be used.
locationID Location ID from OpenWeatherMap This will override anything you put in location.
Leave blank if you want to use location.
Example: 1234567
Default value: false

Note: When the location and locationID are both not set, the location will be based on the information provided by the calendar module. The first upcoming event with location data will be used.
appid The OpenWeatherMap API key, which can be obtained by creating an OpenWeatherMap account.

This value is REQUIRED
units What units to use. Specified by config.js

Possible values: config.units = Specified by config.js, default = Kelvin, metric = Celsius, imperial =Fahrenheit
Default value: config.units
roundTemp Round temperature values to nearest integer.

Possible values: true (round to integer) or false (display exact value with decimal point)
Default value: false
maxNumberOfDays How many days of forecast to return. Specified by config.js

Possible values: 1 - 16
Default value: 7 (7 days)
This value is optional. By default the weatherforecast module will return 7 days.
showRainAmount Should the predicted rain amount be displayed?

Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
This value is optional. By default the weatherforecast module will not display the predicted amount of rain.
updateInterval How often does the content needs to be fetched? (Milliseconds)

Possible values: 1000 - 86400000
Default value: 600000 (10 minutes)
animationSpeed Speed of the update animation. (Milliseconds)

Possible values:0 - 5000
Default value: 1000 (1 second)
lang The language of the days.

Possible values: en, nl, ru, etc ...
Default value: uses value of config.language
fade Fade the future events to black. (Gradient)

Possible values: true or false
Default value: true
fadePoint Where to start fade?

Possible values: 0 (top of the list) - 1 (bottom of list)
Default value: 0.25
initialLoadDelay The initial delay before loading. If you have multiple modules that use the same API key, you might want to delay one of the requests. (Milliseconds)

Possible values: 1000 - 5000
Default value: 2500 (2.5 seconds delay. This delay is used to keep the OpenWeather API happy.)
retryDelay The delay before retrying after a request failure. (Milliseconds)

Possible values: 1000 - 60000
Default value: 2500
apiVersion The OpenWeatherMap API version to use.

Default value: 2.5
apiBase The OpenWeatherMap base URL.

Default value: 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/'
forecastEndpoint The OpenWeatherMap API endPoint.

Default value: 'forecast/daily'
appendLocationNameToHeader If set to true, the returned location name will be appended to the header of the module, if the header is enabled. This is mainly intresting when using calender based weather.

Default value: true
calendarClass The class for the calender module to base the event based weather information on.

Default value: 'calendar'
iconTable The conversion table to convert the weather conditions to weather-icons.

Default value: view table below
colored If set 'colored' to true the min-temp get a blue tone and the max-temp get a red tone.

Default value: 'false'

Default Icon Table

iconTable: {
    '01d': 'wi-day-sunny',
    '02d': 'wi-day-cloudy',
    '03d': 'wi-cloudy',
    '04d': 'wi-cloudy-windy',
    '09d': 'wi-showers',
    '10d': 'wi-rain',
    '11d': 'wi-thunderstorm',
    '13d': 'wi-snow',
    '50d': 'wi-fog',
    '01n': 'wi-night-clear',
    '02n': 'wi-night-cloudy',
    '03n': 'wi-night-cloudy',
    '04n': 'wi-night-cloudy',
    '09n': 'wi-night-showers',
    '10n': 'wi-night-rain',
    '11n': 'wi-night-thunderstorm',
    '13n': 'wi-night-snow',
    '50n': 'wi-night-alt-cloudy-windy'
}