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Quick python weather script using Google's Weather API
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# encoding: utf-8 | |
import sys | |
from argparse import ArgumentParser | |
from xml.dom import minidom | |
try: | |
from urllib.request import urlopen | |
from urllib.parse import urlencode | |
except ImportError: | |
from urllib import urlopen, urlencode | |
API_URL = "http://www.google.com/ig/api?" | |
def main(): | |
arguments = ArgumentParser(prog="weather") | |
arguments.add_argument("--unit", choices="CF", dest="unit", default="C", help="Which unit to display the temperatures in") | |
arguments.add_argument("location", nargs="+") | |
args = arguments.parse_args(sys.argv[1:]) | |
for location in args.location: | |
url = API_URL + urlencode({"weather": location}) | |
xml = urlopen(url).read() | |
doc = minidom.parseString(xml) | |
forecast_information = doc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("forecast_information")[0] | |
city = forecast_information.getElementsByTagName("city")[0].getAttribute("data") | |
current_conditions = doc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("current_conditions")[0] | |
temp = current_conditions.getElementsByTagName("temp_f" if args.unit == "F" else "temp_c")[0].getAttribute("data") | |
condition = current_conditions.getElementsByTagName("condition")[0].getAttribute("data") | |
wind_condition = current_conditions.getElementsByTagName("wind_condition")[0].getAttribute("data") | |
humidity = current_conditions.getElementsByTagName("humidity")[0].getAttribute("data") | |
indent = " " | |
print("Weather for {0}:".format(city)) | |
print(indent + "{0}°{1}".format(temp, args.unit)) | |
print(indent + condition) | |
print(indent + wind_condition) | |
print(indent + humidity) | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
main() | |
""" | |
adys@azura ~/src/scripts % ./weather.py London Bucharest "New York" | |
Weather for London: | |
14°C | |
Partly Cloudy | |
Wind: S at 12 mph | |
Humidity: 55% | |
Weather for Bucharest, Bucuresti: | |
14°C | |
Partly Cloudy | |
Wind: E at 16 mph | |
Humidity: 59% | |
Weather for New York, NY: | |
26°C | |
Clear | |
Wind: N at 6 mph | |
Humidity: 32% | |
adys@azura ~/src/scripts % ./weather.py "Los Angeles" --unit=F | |
Weather for Los Angeles, CA: | |
64°F | |
Haze | |
Wind: N at 0 mph | |
Humidity: 68% | |
""" |
good morining .
can any help to me ,to find previous weather data by using python coding.
Google weather api dead for now, you can remove this code )
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I am getting this error for both of the websites:weather: error: the following arguments are required: location