weather_code.pyi

import time
import board
from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal

# This code is a slightly modified version of 
#https://learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-twitter-follows-trophy/code-pyportal-with-circuitpython 
#by John Parks

# Set up where we'll be fetching data from
DATA_SOURCE = "http://api.weatherunlocked.com/api/current/51.50,-0.12?app_id=APP_ID&app_key=APP_KEY"
DATA_LOCATION = ["wx_desc"]

# the current working directory (where this file is)
cwd = ("/"+__file__).rsplit('/', 1)[0]
# Initialize the pyportal object and let us know what data to fetch and where
# to display it
pyportal = PyPortal(url=DATA_SOURCE,
                    json_path=DATA_LOCATION,
                    status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
                    text_font=cwd+"/fonts/Collegiate-24.bdf",
                    text_position=(165, 140),
                    text_color=0xFFFFFF,
                    caption_text="weatherunlocked",
                    caption_font=cwd+"/fonts/Collegiate-24.bdf",
                    caption_position=(50, 200),
                    caption_color=0xFFFFFF,)

# track the last value so we can play a sound when it updates
last_value = 0

while True:
    try:
        value = pyportal.fetch()
        print("Response is", value)
        if last_value != value:  # ooh it went up!
            print("update")
            pyportal.play_file(cwd+"/coin.wav")  # uncomment make a noise!
        last_value = value
    except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)

    time.sleep(60)  # wait a minute before getting again