Open Weather API Ruby Demo

open_weather.rb

# Example using the net/http module of ruby - Remember to set your api_key in an .env file
require 'awesome_print'
require 'dotenv/load'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'
require 'pry-byebug'

api_key = ENV['OPENWEATHER_API_KEY']
city = 'Pretoria, ZA'

# GET Request
url = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=#{city}&appid=#{api_key}"

uri = URI(url)
response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)

json = JSON.parse(response)

puts "Current weather information in #{city}"
puts "Description: #{json['weather'].first['description']}"
puts "Temperature: #{json['main']['temp']}"

open_weather_client.rb

# This demo uses the open-weather ruby client
require 'awesome_print'
require 'dotenv/load'
require 'open_weather'
require 'pry-byebug'

api_key = ENV['OPENWEATHER_API_KEY']
city = 'Stockholm, SV'

options = { APPID: api_key }
json = OpenWeather::Current.city(city, options)

puts "Current weather information in #{city}"
puts "Description: #{json['weather'].first['description']}"
puts "Temperature: #{json['main']['temp']}"