getWeather.py

import pickle
import json
import urllib
import os
import time

hourAgo = time.time() - 3600

def getWeather():
    if os.path.getmtime("weather.pkl") < hourAgo:
        weatherUrl = "https://api.wunderground.com/api/[apikeygoeshere]/conditions/forecast/alerts/q/14892.json"
        response= urllib.urlopen(weatherUrl)
        rec_bytes=response.read()
        jsonstring = json.loads(rec_bytes)
        with open('weather.pkl', 'wb') as weatherPkl:
            pickle.dump(jsonstring, weatherPkl)
        return jsonstring
    else:
        with open('weather.pkl') as weatherPkl:
            jsonstring = pickle.load(weatherPkl)
        return jsonstring