SimpleForecast

SimpleForecast is a command line utility that displays the forecast or the current weather from anywhere in the world inside your terminal.

Install

First, you need to add $GOPATH/bin to your path.

$ git clone https://github.com/AlexMercan/SimpleForecast/
$ cd SimpleForecast
$ go install

Create an account on WeatherApi to obtain your API key.
Add that API key as an environment variable with the name MY_WEATHER_API_KEY

Platforms

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS

Usage examples

To display forecast for the next 2 days in New York, in English:

$ simpleforecast -days 2 -location "New York" -lang en

Output:

To display the current weather at a certain location, in French:

$ simpleforecast -location "Boston" -lang fr

Output:

Command line options

-days     Number of days for the forecast(1 to 3)
-lang     Language for the condition status(sunny, heavy snow, etc.) ( default: en )
-location Location for the weather data(this can be a city name e.g Paris; an ip address e.g:100.0.0.1; latitude and longitude e.g:48.8567,2.3508) (default is location via your ip)

Configuration file

After you run the app for the first time it will create a configuration file called config.json where you can write a default location and language.
On a Windows system this file is located at %AppData%/simpleforecast/config.json .
On a Unix system this file is located either at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/simpleforecast/config.json or $HOME/.config/simpleforecast/config.json .