class Weather

Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

Constructor is going to find zip code by looking up public IP address.

# File lib/tell_me_the_weather.rb, line 11
def initialize
  # Need to rescue in case the internet connection doesn't work
  begin
    @coordinates = JSON.parse(open("http://ip-api.com/json/?fields=lat,lon").read)
          if @coordinates['lat'].nil? or @coordinates['lon'].nil?
                  p "Sorry, I don't know where you are"
                  exit
          end
  rescue
    p "Something went wrong, and you're likely not connected to the internet. Please make sure you're connected and try again."
    p "Exiting..."
    exit
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

get_the_weather() click to toggle source

# File lib/tell_me_the_weather.rb, line 26
def get_the_weather
  weather_data = JSON.parse(Curl.get("api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=#{@coordinates['lat']}&lon=#{@coordinates['lon']}&APPID=0fc1d8810cd59b15060edc06d5fd58c8").body_str)
  # Get the temperature and slice off the ending part of the string that gets returned by ruby units.
  temp_in_farenheit = Unit("#{weather_data["main"]["temp"]} tempK").convert_to("tempF").to_s[0..-7].to_f.round
  "It's currently #{temp_in_farenheit} degrees in #{weather_data["name"]}"
end