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@app.route('/city') | |
def search_city(): | |
API_KEY = 'your api key' # initialize your key here | |
city = request.args.get('q') # city name passed as argument | |
# call API and convert response into Python dictionary | |
url = f'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q={city}&APPID={API_KEY}' | |
response = requests.get(url).json() | |
# error like unknown city name, inavalid api key | |
if response.get('cod') != 200: | |
message = response.get('message', '') | |
return f'Error getting temperature for {city.title()}. Error message = {message}' | |
# get current temperature and convert it into Celsius | |
current_temperature = response.get('main', {}).get('temp') | |
if current_temperature: | |
current_temperature_celsius = round(current_temperature - 273.15, 2) | |
return f'Current temperature of {city.title()} is {current_temperature_celsius} ℃' | |
else: | |
return f'Error getting temperature for {city.title()}' |
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