Weather Tracker

Weather Tracker is a web application that allows users to search for the weather conditions of a specific city. The application fetches data from the OpenWeatherMap API and displays it in a user-friendly format.

Features

• Search for the current weather of any city.
• Display temperature in Celsius.
• Show additional weather details such as humidity, wind speed, and rain possibility.
• Display weather icons and country flags.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Go (version 1.22 or later)
• OpenWeatherMap API key

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/hamzamaach/weather-tracker.git
cd weather-tracker

2. Rename the .apiConfig.example file to .apiConfig and add your OpenWeatherMap API key:

mv .apiConfig.example .apiConfig

Edit the .apiConfig file to include your OpenWeatherMap API key:

{
    "OpenWeatherMapApiKey": "[put your open weather map api key here]"
}

3. Run the application:

go run main.go

The application will be accessible at http://localhost:8080.

Usage

1. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080.
2. Enter the name of a city in the search box and click the search button.
3. The weather information for the city will be displayed.

Project Structure

• main.go: The main Go file containing the server and handler functions.
• assets/: Directory containing static assets like CSS files.
• index.html: The main HTML template for the web application.
• .apiConfig: Configuration file for storing the OpenWeatherMap API key.

API Endpoints

• /: The main endpoint for searching and displaying weather information.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a pull request.

Acknowledgements

• OpenWeatherMap for providing the weather data API.
• Flagcdn for providing country flag images.

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