Weather API examples & templates
Use these vals as a playground to view and fork Weather API examples and templates on Val Town. Run any example below or find templates that can be used as a pre-built solution.
tyler71
outdoorFairWeather
Upstream /kingishb/blackLobster Why this one? Takes in a query string of lat, lon and timezone, returns a list of good biking days as an API response. Query Params: lat lon tz Example query: ?lat=47.606209&lon=-122.332069&tz=America/Los_Angeles Example response: {
"status": "success",
"message": "Retrieved Times",
"data": {
"biking": [
{
"start": "Wed 11:00 AM",
"end": "Wed 6:00 PM"
},
{
"start": "Thu 10:00 AM",
"end": "Thu 6:00 PM"
},
{
"start": "Fri 9:00 AM",
"end": "Fri 6:00 PM"
},
{
"start": "Sat 8:00 AM",
"end": "Sat 6:00 PM"
},
{
"start": "Sun 9:00 AM",
"end": "Sun 6:00 PM"
},
{
"start": "Mon 10:00 AM",
"end": "Mon 6:00 PM"
}
]
}
}
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stevekrouse
umbrellaReminder
☔️ Umbrella reminder if there's rain today Setup Fork this val 👉 https://val.town/v/stevekrouse.umbrellaReminder/fork Customize the location (line 8). You can supply any free-form description of a location. ⚠️ Only works for US-based locations (where weather.gov covers). How it works Geocodes an free-form description of a location to latitude and longitude – @stevekrouse.nominatimSearch Converts a latitude and longitude to weather.gov grid – @stevekrouse.weatherGovGrid Gets the hourly forecast for that grid Filters the forecast for periods that are today and >30% chance of rain If there are any, it formats them appropriately, and sends me an email
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charmaine
runGetWeather
In the following example code, we are using getWeather from stevekrouse/getWeather . It uses the free wttr.in service to get weather data. Add these lines to your code Replace Brooklyn, NY with your location Click Run Now View the output in the val’s logs import { getWeather } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/getWeather";
let weather = await getWeather("Brooklyn, NY");
console.log(weather.current_condition[0].FeelsLikeF)
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