A simple react weather app which leverages the free openweathermap api to display the current weather, air quality & a 5 day forecast for a given input (zip code/city).
This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.
after cloning/forking the repository:
Install dependencies
Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
Before realizing that the api accepted a city/zip (I was under the impression that it only accepted lat/lon), I figured I had to convert the input into a lat/lng.
For the zip code, that was easy, just get a Map<zipcode, { lat, lon }>, or equivalent json object. I found the
zip code data in the form of a csv, and wrote a quick rust program to
output the csv file into a formatted jsx file.
For the city search, that part would be a bit trickier. My idea for that was to get a Google Maps/Places API key and run a places search from the input text.
After about an hour of sifting through the Google Maps/Places documentation, I realized that there was no way this project could possibly be this hard. It was at that point I realized that the openweathermap api accepted a queryParam for the city and the zip.
Regrettably, I removed the data generated for the zip codes & left the rust program in the source for reference.
The rest of the implementation took around the amount of time that was suggested, around 4-5 hours.
Since I wasted so much time on the API interactions mentioned above, I've decided to leave out stylistic embellishments and mobile support for the sake of time.