goweather/goweather.go

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Go

// GoWeather
//
// Copyright (c) 2023 Helmut Kaczmarek <code@helmutkaczmarek.de>
//
// 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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()
}