Developers are often tasked with retrieving data from another application's API and using it in the context of their own. Third-party APIs allow developers to access their data and functionality by making requests with specific parameters to a URL. Your challenge is to build a weather dashboard that will run in the browser and feature dynamically updated HTML and CSS.
Use the OpenWeather API to retrieve weather data for cities. The documentation includes a section called "How to start" that will provide basic setup and usage instructions. Use localStorage to store any persistent data.
AS A traveler I WANT to see the weather outlook for multiple cities SO THAT I can plan a trip accordingly
GIVEN a weather dashboard with form inputs WHEN I search for a city [x] I am presented with current and future conditions for that city and that city is added to the search history WHEN I view current weather conditions for that city [x] I am presented with the city name, the date, an icon representation of weather conditions, the temperature, the humidity, the wind speed, and the UV index WHEN I view the UV index [] I am presented with a color that indicates whether the conditions are favorable, moderate, or severe WHEN I view future weather conditions for that city [x] I am presented with a 5-day forecast that displays the date, an icon representation of weather conditions, the temperature, and the humidity WHEN I click on a city in the search history [x] I am again presented with current and future conditions for that city WHEN I open the weather dashboard [x] I am presented with the last searched city forecast
This project was completed using a combination of prebuilt technology (Bootstrap, JavaScript, JQuery) and custom built solutions to achieve a web page that will allow a user to input the name of a city and get weather and forecasted conditions for that location.
The page was built to provide UV Index information and store a search history. Improvements include converting search history to buttons that will display the data for the historical city and adding the ability to search by city & state to better ensure the information provided is for the desired city (i.e. Wilmington, DE vs Wilmington, NC). Additionally, once fixed and available, adding UV Index information to the 5-Day forecast section as well.
This app utilizes Bootstrap for CSS framework, Google Fonts, JavaScript, JQuery, and the OpenWeather API.
This app can be accessed at https://treegee73.github.io/weather-dashboard/
Background image is a free to use image that was obtained from Pexels.com.