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Readme.md

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+# w is for Veður.is
+
+This scripts calls the http://www.vedur.is API (Icelandic Meteorological Office) and retrievs the weather information for selected location. 
+
+## Configure
+
+The time range can be specified by seletcting the end point. 
+
+`mytime += timedelta(hours=6)
+`
+
+The default location can be also changed:
+
+`location = 1 # Reykjavik`
+
+## Notification
+
+On posix systems, an onscreen notification is available. 
+
+
+`from gi.repository import Notify`
+
+### Term of use
+
+Don't DDoS vedur.is please.
+

w.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# TODO: aliast in bashrc
+# TODO pass argv to set time interval and maybe even the location ;D
+# FIXME, there is a bug with NULL/None values
+import requests, os, sys
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+import urllib
+from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta
+from pprint import pprint
+import platform
+
+
+os.system('clear') 
+
+location = 1 # Reykjavik
+now =  datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+justnow = datetime.strptime(now, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+mytime = datetime.strptime(now, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+# set the time range for the upcoming forecast
+mytime += timedelta(hours=6)
+
+xmlurl = 'http://xmlweather.vedur.is'
+
+url = xmlurl + '?op_w=xml&type=obs&lang=en&view=xml&ids=' + str(location)
+
+response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+response.raw.decode_content = True
+events = ElementTree.iterparse(response.raw)
+
+
+print "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+for elem, event in events:
+      
+    if event.tag == 'name':
+    	print "Location: ", event.text
+    	name = event.text
+
+    if event.tag == 'time':
+    	print "Time: ", event.text, "UTC"
+
+    if event.tag == 'T':
+    	print "Temperature: ", event.text, "°C"
+    	temperature = event.text
+
+    if event.tag == 'W':
+    	print "Conditions: ", event.text
+    	conditions = event.text
+
+    if event.tag == 'F':
+    	print "Wind: ", event.text, "m/s", " » " ,int(event.text) * 3.6, "km/h"
+    	wind = event.text 
+    	
+
+
+url_update = xmlurl + '?op_w=xml&type=forec&lang=en&view=xml&ids=' + str(location)
+
+response_update = requests.get(url_update, stream=True)   
+response_update.raw.decode_content = True
+events_update = ElementTree.iterparse(response_update.raw)
+
+print "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+print "\n>>>> Upcoming: \n"
+
+
+for elem, even in events_update:
+    
+    if even.tag == 'T':
+        
+        temp = even.text
+       
+    if even.tag == 'W':
+        condi = even.text
+
+    if even.tag == 'F':
+        wind = even.text
+
+    if even.tag == 'ftime':
+            
+            time = datetime.strptime(even.text,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+            if  time >= justnow and time < mytime:
+                print "Time:", time, "UTC"
+                print "Temperature: ", temp,  "°C"
+                print "Wind: ", wind, "m/s", " » " ,int(wind) * 3.6, "km/h"
+                print "Conditions:", condi, "\n"
+                #break # the fall
+    
+
+print "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+
+# the part for notification on linux, extra check up for mac
+if os.name is "posix" and platform.system() == "Linux":
+    from gi.repository import Notify
+    
+    notification_text = (name + "\n" + temperature + " C\n" + str(int(wind) *3.6) + " km/h\n Conditions: " + str(conditions))
+    Notify.init("Weather")
+
+    Hello = Notify.Notification.new("Vedur.is", notification_text)
+    Hello.show()
+sys.exit()