Get the current weather for Las Vegas using Yahoo!'s Weather API

las_vegas_weather.py

import requests
import xmltodict

def get_weather(url="http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=12795483&u=f"):
    """
    Get the current weather for Las Vegas using Yahoo!'s Weather API
    """
    try:
        r = requests.get(url)
        # parse bytes into a text string
        text = r.content.decode("utf-8")
        #convert xml text to OrderedDict
        doc = xmltodict.parse(text)
        # item contains all the main temp info
        title = doc['rss']['channel']['title']
        condition = doc['rss']['channel']['item']['yweather:condition']
        weather = condition['@text']
        temp = condition['@temp']
        return "{0}. {1}. {2}°F.".format(title, weather, temp)
    except requests.ConnectionError:
        return "Sorry, the weather connection failed. Weather currently unavailable."
    except KeyError:
        return "Weather currently unavailable."