Weather script to pull data from BOM in Australia

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Waybar Widget

Terminal Output

This script

• Pulls current observation data from any of BOM's weather stations

• Outputs an icon, max temp of the observation and a small snippet of the conditions. E.g Cloudy

• Supports output formats for the following widget managers:

  • Waybar
  • (Fabric) - Coming soon!

  Happy to adjust for your chosen widget manager/framework, just submit an issue.

Installation

Downloading

Download the script by downloading the zip or cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/DrR0X-glitch/bom-weather-script.git
cd bom-weather-script

Testing

Now you can test the script by running:

python3 weather.py terminal IDV10450

You should see an output similar to this:

<---Forecast--->

Temperature: 24°C
Current Conditions: Partly cloudy
Icon: 🌤️

Usage

You can use the -h flag for command line help.

Changing the location of the forecast

Getting your Product ID

To change the location of the forecast you will need to go to this site and search in the lower search bar for the location you want. You want to copy the IDVxxxxx value.

WARNING: It must be IDV followed by 5 numbers or it will not work.

Using your Product ID

Now when you run the command switch the default product id for yours. To test it out run:

python3 weather.py terminal [YOUR PRODUCT ID]

Changing the output type

There are 2 main output types:

• Terminal: This is mainly for testing, it simple prints the firecast to the terminal
• Waybar: This prints out a formatted json object containing the forecast in this format: 🌤️ 26°C Partly Cloudy More info here

TODO

• Support for other widget managers/frameworks
• Pulling town name as well for multiple weather forecasts in one widget

Widget configs

Waybar

To use this with waybar you simple need to place weather.py in .config/waybar/scripts and use this custom module:

    "custom/weather": {
        "format": "{}",
        "interval": 600,
        "exec": "python3 $HOME/.config/waybar/scripts/weather.py waybar [YOUR Product ID]",
        "return-type": "json"
    }

Customising the settings

• Change the forecast location:
  • Modify the exec command and replace [YOUR Product ID] with a valid product id. You can get one from here
• Change how often it is updated:
  • Change the interval amount to the number of seconds between updates
  • Default: 10 Minutes