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Send to multiple weather widgets from a single job
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require 'net/http' | |
require 'xmlsimple' | |
# Get a WOEID (Where On Earth ID) | |
# for your location from here: | |
# http://woeid.rosselliot.co.nz/ | |
woe_ids = {"weather-ottawa" => 3369, "weather-toronto" => 123, "weather-montreal" => 456} | |
# Temerature format: | |
# 'c' for Celcius | |
# 'f' for Fahrenheit | |
format = 'c' | |
SCHEDULER.every '15m', :first_in => 0 do |job| | |
woe_ids.each do |widget_name, woe_id| | |
update_weather widget_name, woe_id | |
end | |
end | |
def update_weather(widget_name, woe_id) | |
http = Net::HTTP.new('weather.yahooapis.com') | |
response = http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new("/forecastrss?w=#{woe_id}&u=#{format}")) | |
weather_data = XmlSimple.xml_in(response.body, { 'ForceArray' => false })['channel']['item']['condition'] | |
send_event(widget_name, { :temp => "#{weather_data['temp']}°#{format.upcase}", :condition => weather_data['text'] }) | |
end |
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