marianapatcosta / weatherison

Web app developed with VueJS and NodeJS/Express to compare the forecast of different weather apis.

weatherison

Web app developed in VueJS and NodeJS/Express to compare the weather forecast retrieved from the following weather APIs:

• accuweather
• dark sky
• clima cell
• IPMA
• open weather
• weather bit

The user can select which APIs want to consult and the default screen shows the comparative current weeather information. The comparative weather information for todayand tomorrow can be accessed in this screen. By clicking on the displayed information for a specific API, another screen is rendered, showing the weather forecast information of that API for the following 5 days.

The geolocation API is used to get user's location and display the forecast for this location by default. In addition, forecast information can be obtained to any location, by typing city and country in the search field.

This app uses i18n and can be visualized either in english or in portuguese. Temperature can be observed in celsiusor fahrenheit degrees.

To run Vue frontend, in "Frontend" directory:

Run "npm i" ou "yarn install" to install the required dependencies

Run "npm run serve" to run de project in dev mode, on http://localhost:8080

To run NodeJS/ExpressJS Backend, in "Backend" directory:

Run "npm i" our"yarn install" to install the required dependencies

Run "npm run start" to run de project in dev mode, on http://localhost:8000

The following environnement variable must be configured:

• ACCUWEATHER_API_KEY
• DARK_SKY_API_KEY
• CLIMA_CELL_API_KEY
• GEOLOCATION_LOCATION_API_KEY
• OPEN_WEATHER_API_KEY
• WEATHER_BIT_API_KEY
• NODE_ENV