weather-cli

A command line app to show the current weather and forecast in your terminal ☀️ ⛄ 🌈

To setup

git clone git@github.com:katebeavis/weather-cli.git && cd weather-cli
npm install
touch .env

In the .env file, add the following:

DARK_SKY_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
DARK_SKY_URL=https://api.darksky.net/forecast
GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
GEOCODE_URL=https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json
IP_DATA_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
IP_DATA_URL=https://api.ipdata.co

Replace the DARK_SKY_API_KEY with your own from the Dark Sky API, GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY from the Google Maps API and IP_DATA_API_KEY from the Ipdata API.

Example usage

To see all available options:

weather --help

To get the weather for a given location:

weather today -l "London"

To get the 7 day forecast for a given location:

weather forecast -l "Princeton"

To get the weather for your current location, omit the -l flag and location string:

weather today

Temperaure displays in celsius as default but can be displayed in fahrenheit by adding the -f flag.

Acknowledgments

This app was originally based off the app built here.