A ruby wrapper for Open Weather Map API.
Installation
Add the following to your Gemfile
gem 'open-weather'
or
$ gem install open-weather
Usage
Current weather information API
require 'open_weather'
# get current weather by city name
OpenWeather::Current.city("Cochin, IN")
# get current weather by city id
OpenWeather::Current.city_id("1273874")
# get current weather by geocode. (lat, lon)
OpenWeather::Current.geocode(9.94, 76.26)
# get the current weather in degrees celsius
OpenWeather::Current.city("Cochin, IN", units: 'metric')
Documentation about the current weather end-point: http://openweathermap.org/current
Weather forecast API
require 'open_weather'
# get weather forecast by city name
OpenWeather::Forecast.city("Cochin, IN")
# get weather forecast by city name in fahrenheit
OpenWeather::Forecast.city("Cochin, IN", units: 'imperial')
# get weather forecast by city id
OpenWeather::Forecast.city_id("1273874")
# get weather forecast by geocode. (lat, lon)
OpenWeather::Forecast.geocode(9.94, 76.26)
Doucumentation about the weather forecast end-point: http://openweathermap.org/forecast
Using the API key
# get current weather by city name
= { units: "metric", APPID: 1111111111 }
OpenWeather::Current.city("Berlin, DE", )
How to get an API key and tips for an effective usage of the API: http://openweathermap.org/appid
Contributing
Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request
Created during the Hacker Saturdays hosted by Kerala/Kochi Ruby Users Group