npm-openweathermap

npm-openweathermap

Generate a weather forecast using http://www.openweathermap.com/ API.

Installation

$ npm install --save npm-openweathermap

Usage

var weather = require('npm-openweathermap');

// api_key is required. You can get one at http://www.openweathermap.com/
weather.api_key = 'YOUR-API-KEY';

// OPTIONAL: you can set return temperature unit.
// 'k' for Kelvin
// 'c' for Celsius
// 'f' for Fahrenheit
weather.temp = 'c';

Basic usage

weather.current_weather()
.then(function(result){
	console.log(result);
},function(error){
	console.log(error);
});

weather.forecast_weather()
.then(function(result){
	console.log(result);
},function(error){
	console.log(error);
})

Custom weather queries

This package allows custom queries to Openweathermap throw get_weather_custom function.

// @function get_weather_custom(param_type, params, type)
// @params:
//		param_type: 
//			One of three values:
//				'city': query by city name
//				'zip': query by zipcode
//				'coordinates': query by coordinates
//		params:
//			City name or zipcode or coordinates object
//		type:
//			One of two values:
//				'weather': query for current weather
//				'forecast': query for forecast

weather.get_weather_custom('city', 'London', 'forecast').then(function(res){
	console.log(res);
},function(error){
	console.log(error)
})

weather.get_weather_custom('zip', '21804', 'weather').then(function(res){
	console.log(res);
},function(error){
	console.log(error)
})

var location = {
	longitude: '138.933334',
	latitude: '34.966671',
}
weather.get_weather_custom('coordinates', location, 'weather').then(function(res){
	console.log(res);
},function(error){
	console.log(error)
})

License

MIT © NghiaTran