// GoWeather // // Copyright (c) 2023 Helmut Kaczmarek // // My first small attempt in the programming language Go. // // GoWeather is a tiny command line program that queries the current // weather in a specified city via OpenWeatherMap's API and displays the // result in the terminal window. // // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see . package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" ) // Structure to store the weather data from the API type WeatherData struct { Name string `json:"name"` Main struct { Temp float64 `json:"temp"` } `json:"main"` Weather []struct { Description string `json:"description"` } `json:"weather"` Cod int `json:"cod"` Message string `json:"message"` } func main() { // Put your OpenWeatherMap API key and city ID here apiKey := "API_KEY" city := "CITY_ID" // Generate the URL for the API call url := fmt.Sprintf("http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=%s&appid=%s&units=metric", city, apiKey) // Send the API call and get the response response, err := http.Get(url) if err != nil { fmt.Println("Error getting the data:", err) return } defer response.Body.Close() // Decode the JSON response into the WeatherData structure var data WeatherData if err := json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil { fmt.Println("Error decoding data:", err) return } // Check for API error codes and display error messages if there are any if data.Cod == 401 { fmt.Println("Error: Invalid API key.") fmt.Println("API error message:", data.Message) return } if data.Cod != 200 { fmt.Println("Error: Request failed.") fmt.Println("API error message:", data.Message) return } // Display the weather data in the terminal window fmt.Printf("Weather in %s\n", data.Name) fmt.Println("===============================") fmt.Printf("Temperature: %.1f °C\n", data.Main.Temp) if len(data.Weather) > 0 { fmt.Printf("Description: %s\n", data.Weather[0].Description) } fmt.Println("===============================") // Wait for the enter key before exiting the program fmt.Print("Press Enter to exit GoWeather...") fmt.Scanln() }