weather-rs

🌦️ Fast and simple CLI tool for fetching weather data from different weather API providers 🌏

Description

Weather-rs is a lightweight command-line tool designed to quickly fetch weather data from various API providers. It offers a convenient way to check the weather conditions for a specific location, providing real-time and historical data.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Features
• Supported Weather API Service Providers
• Contributing
• Authors
• Alternatives
• License

Installation

From Release Section

You can download pre-compiled binaries from the Release Section.

Using Cargo Package Manager

1. Install Rust and Cargo from the official website: Rust Installation.

2. Run the following command to install and compile weather-rs:

   cargo install weather-rs --git 'https://github.com/XNM1/weather-rs'

3. Add the .cargo/bin directory to your PATH environment variable in your shell or use it directly from the .cargo/bin directory.

   • Fish Shell:

     set -gx PATH $HOME/.cargo/bin $PATH

   • Bash or Zsh:

     export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"

   You can use the following commands in the shell for one-time use. Alternatively, you can set them in the appropriate shell configuration file to ensure they persist even after a shell restart. You can now use Cargo binaries seamlessly from the command line without specifying the full path to the .cargo/bin directory.

For Nix Package Manager and NixOS

1. Clone the project from GitHub using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/XNM1/weather-rs

2. Navigate to the cloned project folder:

   cd weather-rs

3. Build the project using Nix:

   nix build

4. Install the project using Nix Package Manager:

   nix-env -i ./result

From Source

1. Clone the project from GitHub using the following command:

   git clone 'https://github.com/XNM1/weather-rs'

2. Navigate to the cloned project folder and build the project with the following command:

   cargo build --release

3. You can find the executable binary in weather-rs/target/release called weather-rs.

Usage

Fast and simple CLI tool for weather data fetching from different providers

Usage: weather-rs <COMMAND>

Commands:
  provider-list    Get a full list of supported providers
  configure        Configure a provider with the given credentials
  select-provider  Select an available provider
  get              Get weather information
  help             Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

1. Check available weather provider APIs using the command:

   weather-rs provider-list

2. Configure weather providers using the command:

   weather-rs configure <PROVIDER> <API_KEY> [-u <URL>]

   Example:

   weather-rs configure 'open-weather' '<your api key>'

3. Select a provider using the command:

   weather-rs select-provider <PROVIDER>

   Example:

   weather-rs select-provider 'weather-api'

4. Get information about weather data using the command:

   weather-rs get <ADDRESS> [-d <DATE>] [--json] [-p <PROVIDER>]

   Example:

   weather-rs get 'London'

   Another example:

   weather-rs get 'London' -d '2023-10-11' --json

Configuration

The configuration file is located in the following directories:

• Linux: ~/.config/weather-rs/config.toml
• MacOS: ~/Library/Preferences/weather-rs/config.toml
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\weather-rs\config\config.toml

The configuration file is in TOML format and includes settings for services (URL and API key). For example:

[open_weather]
url = 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather'
api_key = 'your_api_key_here'

You can also set the selected main weather data provider in the selected_provider parameter. Example:

selected_provider = 'OpenWeather'

Please note that the selected provider should be in PascalCase in configuration file and in kebab-case when set from the command line (e.g., weather-rs select-provider 'open-weather').

Features

🌟 Simple and minimal

🚀 Very fast

🛡️ Safe (written in safe Rust 🦀)

📋 Supports output in JSON format for your scripts and tabular format for a more visually pleasing display

🌍 Supports different weather API service providers

Supported Weather API Service Providers

At the moment, the project supports two providers:

1. Open Weather API version 2: https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather (provides current weather data).

2. Weather API version 1: https://api.weatherapi.com/v1 (provides current and historical weather data).

More providers may be added in the future.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md file for more information on contribution guidelines.

Authors

• XNM: [GitHub Profile] [LinkedIn Profile]

Alternatives

If you're interested in other weather-related CLI tools, consider checking out these alternatives:

• wthrr - Weather companion for the terminal.
• wttr - The right way to check the weather.
• weather - Weather via the command line.
• weather-api - A RESTful API to check the weather.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. For more details, please refer to the LICENSE file. 📜