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simple lua weather script, replace <API KEY> with your key from openweathermap.org
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weather.lua
#!/usr/bin/lua
-- load the http module
http = require("socket.http")
-- load the json module
json = require("json")
weather = http.request("http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=4500546&units=imperial&APPID=<API KEY>")
response = json.decode(weather)
math.round = function (n)
return math.floor(n + 0.5)
end
temp = response.main.temp
conditions = response.weather[1].main
io.write(math.round(temp), "°F ", conditions, "\n")
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