openweathermap-api-module v0.0.1

openweathermap-api-module

Simple Node module to call the openweathermap API

This wrapper is based on the free tier of OpenWeatherMap API. You can get your API key here.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• API
• Contribute
• License

Install

$ npm install openweathermap-api-module 

Usage

const OpenWeatherMapRequests = require('openweathermap-api-module')

const apiKey = 'api key'
const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(apiKey)

client.currentWeatherByCityName('boston').then(console.log).catch(console.error)

Check out the Openweathermap API documentation for more information!

API

Table of Contents

• constructor
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByCityName
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByCityName
  • Parameters
• currentWeatherByCityId
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByGeoCoordinates
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByZipCode
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByRectangleZone
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByCircleZone
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• currentWeatherByCityIds
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• constructor
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getOneLocationByCityName
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getOneLocationByCityId
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getOneLocationByGeoCoordinates
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getOneLocationByZipCode
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getManyLocationsByRectangleZone
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getManyLocationsByCircleZone
  • Parameters
  • Examples
• getManyLocationsByCityIds
  • Parameters
  • Examples

constructor

Mixin for handling API requests options

Parameters

• apiKey String API key from OpenWeatherMap
• options Object? Options for configuration
  • options.request Function? Select with request option to use. Defaults to node-fetch
  • options.config Object? Configuration for fetch request

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequest(ApiKey, {})

currentWeatherByCityName

Call Current weather for One location by city Name

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.cityName Object Object with cityName
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByCityName({cityName: 'boston,us'})
client.currentWeatherByCityName({cityName: 'boston,us', lang: 'fr'})

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByCityName

Mixin for handling API requests options

Parameters

• args

currentWeatherByCityId

Call Current weather for One location by city ID

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.cityId Object Object with cityName
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByCityId({cityId: 2643743})
client.currentWeatherByCityId({cityId: '2643743', units: 'metric'})

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByGeoCoordinates

Call Current weather for One location by Geographic Coordinates

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.coordinates Object Object with geographic coordinates
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByGeoCoordinates({coordinates: { lon:'139.01', lat:'35.02' } })
client.currentWeatherByGeoCoordinates({coordinates: { lon:'139.01', lat:'35.02' }, lang: 'fr' })

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByZipCode

Call Current weather for One location by Zipcode

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.zipCode Object Object with City Zip code
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByZipCode({ zipCode: '90247,us'  })
client.currentWeatherByZipCode({ zipCode: '90247,us', lang: 'fr' })

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByRectangleZone

Call Current weather for many locations by Rectangle Box

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.bbox Object Object with Bounding box coordinates and Zoom
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByRectangleZone({ bbox: { lonLeft: '12', latBottom: '32', lonRight: '15',
  latTop: '37', zoom: '10' } })
client.currentWeatherByRectangleZone({ bbox: { lonLeft: '12', latBottom: '32', lonRight: '15',
  latTop: '37', zoom: '10' }, units: 'imperial' })

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByCircleZone

Call Current weather for many locations by Circle Radius

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.bbox Object Object with Bounding box coordinates and Zoom
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherByCircleZone({ circle: { lat: 55.5, lon: 37, cnt: 10 } })
client.currentWeatherByCircleZone({ circle: { lat: 55.5, lon: 37, cnt: 10 }, format: 'html' })

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

currentWeatherByCityIds

Call Current weather for many locations by City Ids

Parameters

• args Object Arguments for mixin handler
  • args.cityIds Object Object with City Ids
  • args.format Object? Format of return request (json|xml|html)
  • args.units Object? Format of unit used to return data (metric|imperial)
  • args.lang Object? Language of returned data

Examples

const client = new OpenWeatherMapRequests(API_KEY)
client.currentWeatherBy({ cityIds: [524901,703448,2643743] })
client.currentWeatherBy({ cityIds: [524901,703448,2643743], lang: 'fr' })

Returns Object response - Object with data from request Type

constructor

Current Weather API handler. Key is inherited from OpenWeatherMapRequests

Parameters

• apiKey
• baseUrl
• baseUrl-null String API base URL from OpenWeatherMap API

Examples

const client = new WeatherApiHandler('Api_key','base_url')

getOneLocationByCityName

Call Current weather for One location by city Name

Parameters

• cityName String Name of city
• args (optional, default {})
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London
// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London,uk
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getLocationByCityName('boston')
client.getLocationByCityName('London,uk')
client.getLocationByCityName('tokyo', { units: 'imperial' })
client.getLocationByCityName('tokyo', { format: 'xml', units: 'imperial', lang='fr' })

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getOneLocationByCityId

Call Current weather for One location by ID

Parameters

• cityId (String | Number) Id of the City
• args (optional, default {})
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=2643743
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getLocationByCityId(2643743)
client.getLocationByCityId('2643743')

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getOneLocationByGeoCoordinates

Call Current weather for One location by Coordinates

Parameters

• coordinates Object Object including Coordinates. Ex: { lat: 139.01, lon: 35.02 }
  • coordinates.lat (String | Number) Latitude Value
  • coordinates.lon (String | Number) Longitude Value
• args (optional, default {})
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=35&lon=139
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getLocationByGeoCoordinates({lon: 139.01, lat: 35.02})
client.getLocationByGeoCoordinates({lon: 139.01, lat: 35.02}, { format: 'xml' })

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getOneLocationByZipCode

Call Current weather for One location by Zip Codes

Parameters

• zipCode
• args (optional, default {})
• zipcode String Zipcode from Country, ex: 'zipcode,country' (optional, default "90247,us")
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?zip=94040,us
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getLocationByZipCode('94040,us')

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getManyLocationsByRectangleZone

Call current weather data for several cities using a Bounding Box bbox bounding box lon-left,lat-bottom,lon-right,lat-top,zoom

Parameters

• bbox Object Bounding Box for location. Example: bbox={ lonLeft: '0', latBottom: '0', lonRight: '0', latTop: '0', zoom: '0' }
• args (optional, default {})
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5//box/city?bbox=12,32,15,37,10
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getManyLocationsByRectangleZone({ lonLeft: '12', latBottom: '32', lonRight: '15',
  latTop: '37', zoom: '10' })
client.getManyLocationsByRectangleZone({ lonLeft: '12', latBottom: '32', lonRight: '15',
  latTop: '37', zoom: '10' }, { units: 'metric' })

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getManyLocationsByCircleZone

Call current weather data for several cities using a Longitude and Latitude and get all cities around it

Parameters

• circle Object Circle object with longitude, latitude and number of cities to show ex: { lat: 55.5, lon: 37, cnt: 10 }
• args (optional, default {})
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5//box/city?lat=55.5&lon37.5&cnt=10
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getManyLocationsByCircleZone({ lat: 55.5, lon: 37, cnt: 10 })
client.getManyLocationsByCircleZone({ lat: 55.5, lon: 37, cnt: 10 }, { lang: 'fr' })

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call

getManyLocationsByCityIds

Call for several city IDs

Parameters

• cityIds
• args (optional, default {})
• citiIds Array Array filled with city IDs, ex: 524901,703448,2643743
• options Object? options for request
  • options.format String Format of request that is returned(json|xml|html) (optional, default json)
  • options.units String Format of unit used for returned data (metric|imperial) (optional, default standard)
  • options.lang String Language of returned data (optional, default eng)

Examples

// http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/group?id=524901,703448,2643743
const client = new CurrentWeatherHandler(API_KEY, BASE_URL)
client.getManyLocationsByRectangleZone([524901,703448,2643743])
client.getManyLocationsByRectangleZone([524901,703448,2643743], { lang: 'fr' })

Returns Object requestResponse - Return Object from API call