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A Nodejs Express Weather App on IBM i

This repo contains a NodeJS Express website that runs on IBM i.

It shows a weather app giving the current weather for a city in the UK.

Pre-reqs

Requires Node.js on IBM i at least version 8

Install Instructions

These commands need to be run in a QSHELL session on your IBM i

Issue the following commands to clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/AndyYouens/f_Weather.git

CD into directory

cd f_Weather

Install dependancies

npm install

Get API key by creating an account at OpenWeatherMap

Start application

APIKEY=<your_api_key>
export APIKEY
npm start (to run in debug mode, type npm run debug)

Point your browser to https://your-IBMi:4000

Additional Setup

Save yourself time by placing your API key in a .env file in the root of this application.

Additionally, if you wish to change the PORT number this application runs on, this also can be placed in the .env file.
An example .env file is shown below.

APIKEY=58fe301faedc550510e8b2dd6222449x
PORT=4000
DEBUG=weather
HOSTNAME=GALATEA

The .env file should NOT be included within source control and should be added to your .gitignore file.

Authors

FormaServe Systems Ltd - All work - FormaServe

License

• MIT license
• © 1990 - 2020 FormaServe Systems Ltd

Acknowledgments

Andy Youens - FormaServe Systems Ltd - Twitter @AndyYouens

Latest Changes

Andy Youens - August 2020

Published PowerWire Article

September 2020

Copyright

© 1990 - 2020 FormaServe Systems Ltd

Open Source on IBM i - Oh Yea!

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