Weather.py

# Scrapes www.thefuckingweather.com 

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as soup
import urllib2
import json
import argparse
from bottle import route, run, template

#sets param. for the zipcode ie. http://YOUR_IP/ZIPCODE 

@route('/<name>')

def index(name):
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
  parser.add_argument("-z", "--zipcode", help="ZipCode")

  args = parser.parse_args() 

  url = "http://thefuckingweather.com?where="+name

  response = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
  site = soup(response)

  temperature = site.find('span', class_='temperature').string
  flavor = site.find('p', class_='flavor').string
  remark = site.find('p', class_='remark').string
 
 #every now and then the scraper doesn't get the little phrase generated by the website. Not sure why. 
 #this handles the failure case
  if (flavor == None): flavor = "Lol, you're screwed."

  o_json = json.dumps({'temp':temperature,'wit':flavor,'remark':remark})
  return template(o_json)

#hosts the script on my computer. change the IP address to something you would like 
run(host='192.168.1.24', port='80')