Get Current Weather

wtr.go

func GetCurrentWeather() (ApiWeatherInfo, error) {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://api.weatherapi.com/v1/current.json?", nil)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return ApiWeatherInfo{}, err
	}

	// define the query parameters and their respective values
	q := req.URL.Query()
	q.Add("key", os.Getenv("WAPIKEY"))
	q.Add("q", "Washington DC")
	req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return ApiWeatherInfo{}, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	fmt.Println("Response Status: ", resp.Status)
	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
		return ApiWeatherInfo{}, errors.New("did not receive 200 response code")
	}
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	// unmarshall the body into a Response struct
	var response Response
	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
	if err != nil {
		return ApiWeatherInfo{}, err
	}
	//extract the information from the Response struct and create a ApiWeatherInfo struct
	current := response.Current
	currentWeatherInfo := ApiWeatherInfo{
		LastUpdated:   current.LastUpdated,
		Temperature:   current.TempF,
		FeelsLike:     current.FeelslikeF,
		Humidity:      current.Humidity,
		Condition:     current.Condition.Text,
		WindMph:       current.WindMph,
		WindDirection: current.WindDir,
		Visibility:    current.VisMiles,
		Precipitation: current.PrecipIn,
	}
	return currentWeatherInfo, nil
}