week 03 - day 02 - weather API - working with APIs

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Cloudy with a chance of Syntax Error

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!

• [ ] Visit openweathermap.org and signup for an account
• [ ] Visit API Keys in your dashboard
• [ ] Copy your API key
• [ ] 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

• [ ] Create a simple HTML page that has a text box and a search button
• [ ] Allow the user to type in a place, click the search button, and , using openweathermap.org, get the current weather for that location.
• [ ] Display the weather to user by adding elements to the DOM.
• [ ] 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.

Epic Mode

• [ ] Add a type a head using Google Places API
• [ ] Head back to Blackjack and use this as your API.

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https://github.com/rckortiz/weather-api

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Your homework week 03 - day 02 - weather API - working with APIs was marked: Meets Expectations

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