To get weather information using Python

Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:14 p.m.

To get weather information using Python, there are several APIs available that provide weather data. One popular API to use is the OpenWeatherMap API. You can use the requests library in Python to make HTTP requests to the API and retrieve weather data in JSON format. Here’s an example code snippet to get started:

import requests

# replace the API key with your own
api_key = "your_api_key_here"

# replace the city name with the city you want to get weather information for
city = "New York"

# make the API request
response = requests.get(f"https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q={city}&appid={api_key}")

# parse the JSON response
data = response.json()

# extract the relevant weather information from the response
temperature = data["main"]["temp"]
description = data["weather"][0]["description"]

# print the weather information
print(f"The temperature in {city} is {temperature} Kelvin, {description}.")

Note that to use the OpenWeatherMap API, you’ll need to sign up for an API key on the OpenWeatherMap website.

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