Source for bombayraincalls // twitter bot that tweets if it is raining in Bombay // https://twitter.com/bombayraincalls

bot.js

// @bombayraincalls
// https://twitter.com/bombayraincalls
// tweets when it is raining in bombay
// generously supported by /r/Mumbai

// original source by dariusk
// https://github.com/dariusk/examplebot

// Our Twitter library
var Twit = require('twit');
var weather = require('weather-js');

// We need to include our configuration file
var T = new Twit(require('./config.js'));

// this function posts to twitter that it is rainy
function rainTwitter() {
	var tweetText = "Yay, it is raining in BOM. There will be a rainbow out soon!";

	// post to twitter
	T.post('statuses/update', { status: tweetText }, function(err, data, response) {
		console.log(data)
	})
}

// checks if it is raining in bombay
function IsItRainingInBombay() {
	// async functin to get weather
	weather.find({search: 'Mumbai, India', degreeType:'C'}, function(error, result) {
			if(error) console.log(error);
			var weatherText = result[1].current.skytext;
			var today = new Date().toJSON(); 
			if (weatherText.includes("Rain")) {
				rainTwitter();
				console.log("I tweeted something at " + today);
			}
	});
}

// check the weather as we run the program...
IsItRainingInBombay();
// ...and then every hour after that. Time here is in milliseconds, so
// 1000 ms = 1 second, 1 sec * 60 = 1 min, 1 min * 60 = 1 hour --> 1000 * 60 * 60
setInterval(IsItRainingInBombay, 1000 * 60 * 60);