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Module code edited and extended by arunas.paulauskas@gmail.com
Summary
The Dark Sky Forecast module provides a block that displays a subset of the most commonly used data points provided by the Dark Sky Forecast API. This module is intended to provide a very brief summary of the current weather forecast for a configured geo-location, including any weather advisories, alerts, or warnings.
Requirements
This module requires an API key for accessing the Dark Sky Forecast API. A key can be obtained at https://developer.forecast.io.
Installation
Install as usual, according to http://drupal.org/node/895232.
Configuration
Customize the menu settings in Configuration > Weather > Settings.
API key is required for accessing weather data. If you do not have an API key,
you must obtain one from https://developer.forecast.io.
Latitude and Longitude must be set to the geolocation for which you want to
retrieve forecast data.
Forecast Period defaults to "Current" for retrieving only the current
weather conditions. Other options are:
- Minutely provides forecast conditions for the next 60 minutes.
- Hourly provides forecast conditions for the next 24 hours.
- Daily provides forecast conditions for the next 7 days.
Cache Lifetime is the amount of time in seconds to cache retrieved forecast
data. The Dark Sky API provides 1,000 API calls per day at no cost. This is
subject to change at the discretion of The Dark Sky Company, LLC. The minimum
recommended value is 90 seconds. This allows the forecast for current
conditions to remain accurate at any given time, while keeping the number of
API calls under 1,000 per day. This module ignores all caching settings under
Configuration > Development > Performance.
Customization
This module provides a default template forecast.tpl.php that may be
overridden in your theme. Data available to the template is documented in the
default template file.
forecast.tpl.php is optimized for use with the Weather Icons set, which is
purely optional and not included with this module. If you'd like to use it on
your site, you can find it at https://erikflowers.github.io/weather-icons. If
you would prefer to use another icon set or no set at all, you should override
forecast.tpl.php in your theme.
Contact
Current maintainer is Erik Taylor - https://drupal.org/user/871384 (eriktaylor)