weatherforecast
Prerequisites
- .Net Framework version 7.0
How to build, run and test
Build
in the terminal go to ~/cli/WeatherForecast.CLI/ directory and run below command
dotnet build
Run the app
Running the app with following command will give the help screen with options.
dotnet run
Options
| Short form | Long form | Description |
|---|---|---|
| -d | --days | Required. Number of days to get data for |
| -l | --latitude | Required. GPS Latitude |
| -L | --longitude | Required. GPS Longitude |
sample usage
dotnet run -d 2 -l 52.52 -L 13.41
sample successful message
Getting Weather Forecast summary for 2 day/s at Latitude: 52.52 and Longitude: 13.41
Successfully exported Weather Forecast to the file: ./output/weatherExport_20230502.json
Exported JSON file & Logs
- The output file will be stored under ~/cli/WeatherForecast.CLI/output directory
- Log files will be stored under ~/cli/logs directory
Test Plan / Requirements
- Latitude is required
- Longitude is required
- Latitude should be a floating point number between -90 and +90
- Longitude should be a floating point number between -180 and +180
- Should return formatted data on success
- Should return forecast for the specified number of days
- Should calculate lowest and highest temperatures, snowfall correctly
- Should calculate temperatures in Fahrenheit correctly
- Should have the correct naming convention for the JSON file
- Should fail with correct error message on internal server error
- Should return appropriate error message on bad request
Assumptions
- Number of days (d) are required and must be between 1 and 16 ( 1<= d <= 16)
- Total snowfall for a day is equal to the sum of preceding hour forecast.
Formulas
formula to convert temperature from Celcius to Fahrenheit
(0°C × 1.8) + 32 = 32°F