weather-forecast-alert

Introduction

This Django web app can provide weather forecasts with chart display and notifications.

Features

Choose the city to get weather
Display current weather condition
Display current city map
Display Forecast as a chart(5 day / 3 hour forecast)
Set email notifications to notify the user if the temperature is below 45 °F

Demo

https://www.ranxiaolang.com/weather

If you find the online demo do not work, please follow the next part to run the code local.

Run the code local:

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/nature1995/weather-forecast-alert.git

Enter into weather-forecast-alert folder, set up virtual environment with python 3.6 and install packages.

 cd weather-forecast-alert
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Update API key

OpenWeatherMap API key:
OWM_API_KEY: ./weather-forecast-alert/apps/weather/views.py

Email key: (See email to find the latest key)
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: ./weather-forecast-alert/Weather/settings.py

Run server on your own computer:

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Access though browser

http://127.0.0.1:8000
or
http://0.0.0.0:8000

Result

Weather forecasts with chart display

Notifications though email

Show figure with Smoothed Line Chart or Histogram

Notice:

OpenWeatherMap API key:
OWM_API_KEY: ./weather-forecast-alert/apps/weather/views.py

Google Map API key:
GOOGLE_MAP_KEY: ./weather-forecast-alert/apps/weather/views.py

Set your Email:
Location: ./weather-forecast-alert/Weather/setting.py

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.exmail.qq.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 465  # Your send port
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'weather@ranxiaolang.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'Your Password'  # Use the dedicate password not your email password
EMAIL_USE_SSL = True  # SSL or TSL depend on email provider

Author

nature1995 | Ziran Gong