weather output script

[dkeg]

I came across this weather script using json in unixporn the other day. I liked its simplicity and checked it out. Unfortunately, the output is a bit sloppy, going 3-5 decimal places and rendering the output almost unreadable. I have recently placed its output in my status bar, but again, the sloppy output limited what I would display. When I say sloppy, that includes not have nice columns for awk to poke and prod.

Here is the script -> https://github.com/CarloBarraco/getweather

The output would be something like

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Overcast clouds|Temp:-4.681C|Wind:11.736kph

or

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Overcast clouds|Temp:23.5742F|Wind:18.88721424mph

Stark and Dr.Chroot seemed interesed as well
So I wrote this little script to neaten it up a bit. Edit: version 2 with added weather types, eg, rain, snow
Also note the name of the script is getweather. I named it weather locally.

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#! /bin/bash

## script is from https://github.com/CarloBarraco/getweather
## I wrote this to clean up the output
## change location as needed
## weather icons are from lemon fonts
## 2015 dkeg

## get the weather and format nicely
## use an underscore with 2 word cities (New_York_City)
loc='where do you live?'
sky=$(weather -l $loc -d)
temp=$(weather -l $loc -t -i|cut -d ':' -f2|cut -d '.' -f1)"F"
wind=$(weather -l $loc -w -i |cut -d ':' -f2|cut -d '.' -f1)"mph"
sep="  "

case $sky in 
    "Sky is clear")
        glyph="⯇ " ;;
    "Overcast clouds")
        glyph="⯄ " ;;
    "Light rain")
        glyph="⮿ " ;;
    "Moderate rain")
        glyph="⯃ " ;;
    "Light snow")
        glyph="⯁ " ;;
    "Snow")
        glyph="⯁ " ;;
esac

echo $glyph $sky$sep $temp$sep⯈ $wind

output is now like this

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## Disclaimer: typical stuff. I'm no expert. I wrote this to solve my own issue. It works for me. It may prove useful to you. If so great. If not; bye. Please use it as needed or as a foundation for something better

[rhowaldt]

cool, thanks for sharing Drew. (looks good as fucking always :)
i was wondering: would it not be easier to change the weatherscript directly instead of using a seperate script? or could you not be bothered to learn JSON just to change some markup? :)

[dkeg]

Thanks.
I was caught up in my 'solution', and was determined to make it work. I played in the script a bit, but it was faster this way. Maybe now that I got this piece, I'll work on the original.

This was good learning session though. I thought of the idea while in church today.

Edit: Plus it gives more control over the output with regards to conditionals and color, icons, etc.

[Dr_Chroot]

Looks great, dkeg! Will give it a try when I get home; on the move today :)

[rhowaldt]

^^ cool, yeah, makes sense. thanks for explaining!

[machinebacon]

anybody tried ansiweather and piped to bar?

[stark]

@dkeg Thanks Again!

@bacon I haven't, this one also needs a json parser will look into it. Thanks!

[Dr_Chroot]

I tried pulling in several python libs, but I still get

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 ~  >>  getweather
bash: /usr/bin/getweather: /bin/python2: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Am I missing a json library as well?

[pidsley]

Here is another simple script. If you are in the US just use your zip code for <locationcode>.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=37381

The script gives you a very simple output that can be piped to conky or another bar.



I'm sure the raw output could be parsed with awk if you don't like perl.

There are other simple weather scripts in that arch topic.

Or you could just go outside :)

[dkeg]

Love that comment pids! It was more of an exercise for me.

@DC, sorry, forgot to mention that. The path is incorrect in the weather script. Should be

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/usr/bin/python2

[Dr_Chroot]

You da man, dkeg. Thanks!

[pidsley]

^^ dkeg, if you want an interesting exercise, take the raw output from accuweather (or another provider) and parse it yourself without using json. :)

Just be warned -- the way of the weather conky leads to madness.

[dkeg]

Ha! Then maybe scrots on munch!

[dkeg]

Updated script in first post. Cleaned up and improved the case statement for better output. Added a couple of 'sky' types