/weather-api

Weather API using open-weather-map and Google Cloud Platform technology.

Primary LanguagePythonOtherNOASSERTION

Weather Wrapper

This is a weather API that uses Google Cloud Platform to make a wrapper around OpenWeatherMap to increase usability and data availability.

Tech Stack

Setup and development environment

To run a local version or to contribute in the development, follow these instructions (UNIX):

  1. Install the google cloud sdk for python.

  2. Create configuration files.

    • cp client_secret.json.example client_secret.json
    • Change the values according to the project configuration (ask main developer).

  3. Create a virtual environment.

    • virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 venv
    • source activate venv

  4. Install requirements.

    • pip install --upgrade -t lib -r requirements.txt

  5. Run the local server:

    • dev_appserver.py app.yaml

You can now test the app at locahost.

Deployment

  1. Deactivate any virtual environment.

    • source deactivate

  2. Login to your google account.

    • gcloud auth login

  3. [Optional] Set the project:

    • gcloud config set project {your-project}

  4. [If needed] Update / upload query index.

    • gcloud datastore create-indexes index.yaml --project {your-project}

  5. Upload changes:

    • gcloud app deploy --project {your-project}

The app will be running at your project url.

Repo Structure

|-/app
|   |-/mod_weather
|       |-/model
|       |-/service
|       |-controller.py
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|-/settings
|
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|-/util
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|-/test
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|-/lib
|-/venv

Contribute

Authors

  • Rodrigo Hernández Mota rhdzmota initial work and main developer.

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