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Get weather from openweathermap
import requests
import json
import sys
def get_weather(cityID: str, apiKey: str) -> dict:
# Build request url
url: str = f"http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id={cityID}&units=metric&lang=%s&APPID={apiKey}"
# Get all weather data
data: dict = requests.get(url).json()
# Return result
return data
# Check arguments
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
# Print usage
print("Usage: weather.py <cityID> <apiKey>")
# Exit
exit(0)
# Get cityID
cityID: str = sys.argv[1]
# Get apiKey
apiKey: str = sys.argv[2]
try:
# Send request
data: dict = get_weather(cityID, apiKey)
# Get weather
weather: str = data["weather"][0]["description"]
# Get temperature
temp: float = data["main"]["temp"]
# Build final string
result: str = f"{weather} {temp}°C"
# Print result
print(result)
except:
print("There was an error while fetching the weather data.")
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