The following program uses the WeatherAPI from weatherapi.com to fetch the current weather data for a given city.
If you want to test it, all you need to do is sign up for free, add the API key you are given, then choose a city under main()and run the code.
# Import the requests library to handle HTTP requests
import requests
# API key for WeatherAPI (must be filled in to work)
api_key = ""
# Base URL for WeatherAPI
base_url = "http://api.weatherapi.com/v1"
def fetch_weather(city_name):
"""
Fetches the current weather data for a given city using WeatherAPI.
"""
# Construct the complete API request URL
complete_url = f"{base_url}/current.json?key={api_key}&q={city_name}"
# Send an HTTP GET request to the API
response = requests.get(complete_url)
# Check if the request was successful (status code 200)
if response.status_code == 200:
# Return the JSON response as a Python dictionary
return response.json()
else:
# Return None if there was an error with the request
return None
def display_weather_info(weather_data):
"""
Displays weather information from the API response.
"""
if weather_data:
# Extract relevant data from the API response
location = weather_data["location"]["name"] # City name
region = weather_data["location"]["region"] # Region/State
country = weather_data["location"]["country"] # Country
temperature = weather_data["current"]["temp_c"] # Temperature in Celsius
condition = weather_data["current"]["condition"]["text"] # Weather condition (e.g., Sunny, Rainy)
# Print the weather details
print(f"Weather in {location}, {region}, {country}:")
print(f"Temperature: {temperature}°C")
print(f"Condition: {condition}")
else:
# Print an error message if data could not be retrieved
print("Error retrieving weather data.")
def main():
"""
Main function to fetch and display weather information.
"""
city_name = "Gosford" # Example city, change as needed
# Fetch weather data for the given city
weather_data = fetch_weather(city_name)
# Display the retrieved weather information
display_weather_info(weather_data)
# Run the script
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
