A small tool to get the current weather, using the API provided by openweathermap.org
In order to use the tool, you need:
ruby v2.3.3+- An API key from
openweathermap.org
The script will work when called in two ways. You can supply either a latitude and longitude combo, or a city_id supported by openweathermap.org. The city_id is more precise, whereas the latitude and longitude can give you approximate results. In both case, it is mandatory to supply a working API key provided by openweathermap.org.
If a city_id and a latitude and longitude pair are provided to the script, the city_id has priority.
Usage: weather.rb [options]
-k, --key APIKEY API key for the web service at api.openweathermap.org
-c, --city CITYID City_Id for the weather request
-l, --latitude VAL Latitude for the requested city
-g, --longitude VAL Longitude for the requested city
-h, --help Displays Help
ruby weather.rb -k 1377756ac67ca111111111fd0c44caa -c 6077243
Would output
Weather report for Montreal (45.51,-73.59)
Weather: Snow (light snow)
Temperature: -0.02 ℃
Humidity: 81%
Wind: 5.7 km/h
Data generated by api.openweathermap.org on 2017-11-23T22:28:00-05:00
ruby weather.rb -k 1377756ac67ca111111111fd0c44caa -l 51.51 -g -0.13
Would output
Weather report for London (51.51,-0.13)
Weather: Rain (light rain)
Temperature: 5.5 ℃
Humidity: 87%
Wind: 2.1 km/h
Data generated by api.openweathermap.org on 2017-11-23T22:20:00-05:00
You can get a complete list of city ids and their coordinates in json format with this link.
You can also try the following few provided below
- ID: 6077243
- Lat: 45.508839
- Lon: -73.587807
- ID: 2643743
- Lat: 51.50853
- Lon: -0.12574
- ID: 2179538
- Lat: -41.283329
- Lon: 174.766663
- ID: 524901
- Lat: 55.75222
- Lon: 37.615555