Weather CLI

Get the latest weather report - from your terminal!

What you will be doing

You will be writing a CLI application which uses an external API to get weather information.

The user will provide a city name when they run the program. Your program must use that city name in its request - and print the results into the terminal.

Example

Command

$ npm run start manchester

Response

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@ WEATHER PROGRAM @
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It is now 15.25°C in Manchester

The current weather conditions are: scattered clouds

Tasks

Task 1 - Getting an API

1. There are many weather APIs to choose one. Sign up for a free account from one API on the list below, or find your own;

   • OpenWeatherMap API
   • Weather API

2. Make note of your API key. You will need this later.

3. Read through the API documentation to understand how to use it

Task 2 - Setting up the project

1. Initalize npm with the npm init -y command
2. Create the file weather.js

Task 2 - The API key

1. Create the file .env

2. Inside this file, store your API key

   Example

   KEY = 32476f984jf83jf9fdksu32928475
   

3. Create a .gitignore file, and add the reference .env

4. Create "start" script in your package.json that runs node with node --env-file=.env weather.js

Task 3 - Making the request

Inside weather.js

1. Read the city from the user

   Hint: You can use process.argv

2. Use fetch to request the information from your chosen API

Task 4 - The output

Read through the returned data from your API and display;

• The city name
• The current weather
• Anything else you might like to add

Hint: You might also like to consider using the chalk library to make your output fabulous 🤩!

Bonus Tasks

Your program should be also able to;

• Allow the user to switch between metric and imperial measurements