weather.py

# getting the Ottawa weather forcast into a dictionary

import requests

weather_forcast = {}

response = requests.get('https://weather.gc.ca/wxlink/site_js/s0000623_e.js').text

weather_output = response.splitlines()
print("Got weather")
#print()

i = 0
while i < len(weather_output):
  temp = weather_output[i]
  weather_output[i] = temp[4:]
  i = i + 1


for a in range(5, 8):
  key,value = weather_output[a].split(' = ')
  value = value[:-1]
  #print(key + '->' + value)
  weather_forcast[key] = value; 
  
#print()

for x in range(9, 17):
  key,value = weather_output[x].split(' = ')
  value = value[1:]
  temp1, temp2 = value.split('"')
  value = temp1
  #print(key + '->' + value)
  weather_forcast[key] = value; 
  
#print()

for y in range(18, 23):
  key2,value2 = weather_output[y].split(' = ')
  element = value2.split(',')
  
  tempa = element[0]
  tempa = tempa[1:]
  tempa = tempa.replace('"', '')
  element[0] = tempa
  
  tempb = element[1].replace('"', '')
  element[1] = tempb[1:]
  
  tempc = element[2]
  tempc = tempc[:-2]
  tempc = tempc[1:]
  tempc = tempc.replace('"', '')
  element[2] = tempc

  
  #print(key2 + '->' + element[0] + element[1] + element[2])
  weather_forcast[key2] = element; 
  
print("\n\n")
print(weather_forcast)