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| 1 | +# WeatherAPI widget |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The widget consists of one section: |
| 6 | +- current weather, including humidity, wind speed, UV index |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## Customization |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the |
| 11 | +following config parameters: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +| Name | Default | Description | |
| 14 | +|---|---|---| |
| 15 | +| coordinates | Required | Table with two elements: latitude and longitude, e.g. `{46.204400, 6.143200}` | |
| 16 | +| api_key | Required | [Follow the documentation](https://www.weatherapi.com/docs/) | |
| 17 | +| font_name | `beautiful.font:gsub("%s%d+$", "")` | **Name** of the font to use e.g. 'Play' | |
| 18 | +| units | `metric` | `metric` for celsius, `imperial` for fahrenheit | |
| 19 | +| icon_pack_name | `weather-underground-icons` | Name of the icon pack, could be `weather-underground-icon` or `VitalyGorbachev` or create your own, more details below | |
| 20 | +| icons_extension | `.png` | File extension of icons in the pack | |
| 21 | +| timeout | 120 | How often in seconds the widget refreshes | |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +### Icons: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +The widget comes with two predefined icon packs: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + - [weather-underground-icons](https://github.com/manifestinteractive/weather-underground-icons) |
| 28 | + - [VitalyGorbachev](https://www.flaticon.com/authors/vitaly-gorbachev) |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +To add your custom icons, create a folder with the pack name under `/icons` and |
| 31 | +use the folder name in widget's config. There should be 18 icons, preferably |
| 32 | +128x128 minimum. Icons should also respect the naming convention, please check |
| 33 | +widget's source. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +### Examples |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +#### Custom font, icons |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +```lua |
| 40 | +weather_api_widget({ |
| 41 | + api_key='<your-key>', |
| 42 | + coordinates = {45.5017, -73.5673}, |
| 43 | + units = 'imperial', |
| 44 | + font_name = 'Carter One', |
| 45 | + icons = 'VitalyGorbachev', |
| 46 | + icons_extension = '.svg', |
| 47 | +}), |
| 48 | +``` |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +#### Only current weather |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +```lua |
| 53 | +weather_api_widget({ |
| 54 | + api_key='<your-key>', |
| 55 | + coordinates = {45.5017, -73.5673}, |
| 56 | +}), |
| 57 | +``` |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Installation |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +1. Download json parser for lua from |
| 62 | + [github.com/rxi/json.lua](https://github.com/rxi/json.lua) and place it |
| 63 | + under **~/.config/awesome/** |
| 64 | + (don't forget to star a repo <i class="fa fa-github-alt"></i> ): |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + ```bash |
| 67 | + wget -P ~/.config/awesome/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rxi/json.lua/master/json.lua |
| 68 | + ``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +1. Clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | + ```bash |
| 73 | + git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/ |
| 74 | + ``` |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +1. [Get Weather API key](https://www.weatherapi.com/docs/). |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +1. Require weather widget at the beginning of **rc.lua**: |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | + ```lua |
| 81 | + local weather_api_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.weather-api-widget.weather") |
| 82 | + ``` |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +1. Add widget to the tasklist: |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + ```lua |
| 87 | + s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget |
| 88 | + { -- Right widgets |
| 89 | + layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal, |
| 90 | + ... |
| 91 | + --default |
| 92 | + weather_api_widget({ |
| 93 | + api_key='<your-key>', |
| 94 | + coordinates = {45.5017, -73.5673}, |
| 95 | + }), |
| 96 | + , |
| 97 | + --customized |
| 98 | + weather_api_widget({ |
| 99 | + api_key='<your-key>', |
| 100 | + coordinates = {45.5017, -73.5673}, |
| 101 | + units = 'imperial', |
| 102 | + font_name = 'Carter One', |
| 103 | + icons = 'VitalyGorbachev', |
| 104 | + icons_extension = '.svg', |
| 105 | + }), |
| 106 | + ... |
| 107 | + ``` |
| 108 | +
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| 109 | +## How it works |
| 110 | +
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| 111 | +The widget calls the API repeatedly in the specified intervals. The JSON |
| 112 | +response is parsed and interpreted to build the popup. |
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