This gem is an abstraction to the OpenWeatherMap API.
This gem provide the weather from numerous regions around the world.
Also you can get some data on the gem response:
- City name
- Longitude
- Latitude
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Humidity
- Min temperature
- Max temperature
- Clouds
- Wind speed
- Wind angle
You can get your APP ID from the OpenWeatherMap website.
http://openweathermap.org/appid#get
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'openweather2'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install openweather2
Usage
Usage:
You can search the current weather on a location providing a hash with the following parameters:
- city
- lat, lon
- zip
require "openweather2"
Openweather2.configure do |config|
config.endpoint = 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather'
config.apikey = YOUR APP ID
end
#Search by city
Openweather2.get_weather(city: 'london')
#Search by coordinates
Openweather2.get_weather(lat: 35, lon: 139)
#Search by ZIP code
Openweather2.get_weather(zip: 94040)
Also you can provide a parameter for the units to convert the temperature to 'metric' or 'imperial'
Openweather2.get_weather(city: 'london', units: 'metric')
Openweather2.get_weather(city: 'london', units: 'imperial')
Contributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/lucasocon/openweather )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
) - Create a new Pull Request
Be free to report and send your pull request.
Contributors:
- Lucas Ocon (lucasocon)
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.