lewis-kori/weather-api

A python app retrieving weather forecast data from https://www.weatherapi.com/

Setup instructions

1. Set up virtual environment using

   virtualenv env_name -p python3.9

2. Activate the virtual environment by going to env folder location

   source env_name/bin/activate

   press enter

3. Once the env is activated, go back to the django project directory and install all requirements by running

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up an env file with your configurations. Attached in the project folder is a .env.example to guide you on this. use https://djecrety.ir/ to generate a secret key.

5. Once done, run

   python manage.py migrate
   python manage.py createsuperuser
   python manage.py runserver

6. Use python manage.py test to run tests

weather api information

This project uses data from a public weather api. Kindly generate an api key from their dashboard and set it in the .env file. In case you're having trouble, contact me to set this up.

make a HTTP get request to this endpoint

/api/locations/{city}/?days={number_of_days}

where city is a valid city name on earth. number_of_days should be between 1 and 10.

In case invalid data is provided, a HTTP status code 400 (Bad request) will be return with a relevant error message.