/weather-engine

A simple web application to get the current weather data of a location.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Weather engine

Weather engine is a simple web application to get the current weather data of a location.

To run the app locally

  1. clone the git repository
  2. cd into the folder
  3. run command "npm i"
  4. run command "node src/app.js"
Note1 : Make sure that NodeJS is installed in your system.
Note2 : To use the app, you would require OpenWeather and Mapbox api keys :

  1. Get your OpenWeather and Mapbox api keys, refer openweathermap.org/api and docs.mapbox.com/api/overview/

  2. Create a .env file and write this code (replace "forecast" and "geocode" with the openweather and mapbox api keys respectively)


FORECAST = forecast
GEOCODE = geocode

How it works

  • The user enters the location in the search bar
  • The entered location then passed as a query to the Mapbox API
  • The Mapbox API reverse geocodes the location and returns the corresponding latitude and longitude of the location entered.
  • The latitude and longitude are then passed as a query in the open weather API, which returns the current weather information of that location.

Required packages

  • axios

  • dotenv

  • express

  • hbs

Folder Structure

  • public/: Contains views functionality logics, script, and styles.

  • templates/: Contains HTML files for rendering on views.

  • src/: Main script files for running the NodeJS application.