Using a popular weather API, Create a web site that allows a user to search for a location and gets that location's weather.
Objectives
Practice working with an API
Practice working with data that was structure by a third party
Requirements
Using openweathermap.org, create a simple UI that allows a user to search for the current weather by zip code or city.
SIGN UP!
[x] Visit openweathermap.org and signup for an account
[x] Visit API Keys in your dashboard
[x] Copy your API key
[x] You can use the API key in any of the URLs by appending appid=KEY
Example: from the docs https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Tampa becomes https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Tampa&appid=cbb5b6537cd4a6eccd9aee04ffffffff
NOTE: It will take about 10 to 30 minutes for your API key to be active
Explorer Mode
[x] Create a simple HTML page that has a text box and a search button
[x] Allow the user to type in a place, click the search button, and , using openweathermap.org, get the current weather for that location.
[x] Display the weather to user by adding elements to the DOM.
[x] Allow the user to search by zip or city name.
Adventure Mode
[ ] Using the HTML5 Geolocation API, search for the users current location when page loads.
[ ] Store the Users last search and use it to search for the value on page load. HINT: localstorage
[ ] remove the need for the search button and search when the user stops typing. HINT: use setTimeout and the change event. to track when the user stops typing.
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Using a popular weather API, Create a web site that allows a user to search for a location and gets that location's weather.
Objectives
Requirements
openweathermap.org
, create a simple UI that allows a user to search for the current weather by zip code or city.SIGN UP!
openweathermap.org
and signup for an accountAPI Keys
in your dashboardappid=KEY
https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Tampa
becomeshttps://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Tampa&appid=cbb5b6537cd4a6eccd9aee04ffffffff
Explorer Mode
button
openweathermap.org
, get the current weather for that location.Adventure Mode
Epic Mode