How to get weather at current location

android weather yahoo-weather-api

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Solution 1

I have personally used this API its free and you can retrieve weather forecast for any location via postcode, zipcode or latitude and longitude

Free Local Weather REST API

**NOTE:**The Local Weather API returns weather data in XML, JSON and CSV format and contains weather elements like temperature, precipitation (rainfall), weather description, weather icon and wind speed.

**UPDATE:**The www.worldweatheronline.com/ api is not free anymore.

Try these

Solution 2

let me tell you what you should NOT use.. Google API ( it has been stopped )

http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/08/28/did-google-just-quietly-kill-private-weather-api/

Then, you have other options like

Yahoo Weather API

http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

Eg.. To get the forecast for Paris, France, with degrees Celsius and other metric units: http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=615702&u=c

for other example visit the link http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/#examples

WunderGround Weather API

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/

Another Good Alternate is Open Weather Map API , it supports JSON output by passing just the latitude and longitude of the location.

http://openweathermap.org/wiki/API/JSON_API

Solution 3

Here's a collection of weather APIs that you can experiment with via your browser and then generate source code for in your favorite language:

https://live.temboo.com/library/keyword/weather/

Full disclosure: I work at Temboo.

Solution 4

I have personally used OpenWeather API. its totally free and you can retrieve weather forecast for any location via city name, zipcode or latitude and longitude etc.

<?php
 $city    = 'london';
    $jsonfile    = file_get_contents( 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=' . $city . '&units=metric&lang=en&appid=c0c4a4b4047b97ebc5948ac9c48c0559' );
    $jsondata    = json_decode( $jsonfile );
    $temp        = $jsondata->main->temp;
    $pressure    = $jsondata->main->pressure;
    $mintemp     = $jsondata->main->temp_min;
    $maxtemp     = $jsondata->main->temp_max;
    $wind        = $jsondata->wind->speed;
    $humidity    = $jsondata->main->humidity;
    $desc        = $jsondata->weather[0]->description;
    $maind       = $jsondata->weather[0]->main;
    $currentTime = time();
    ?>
    <style>
    body {
        font-family: Arial;
        font-size: 0.95em;
        color: #929292;
    
    }
    
    .report-container {
        border: #E0E0E0 1px solid;
        padding: 20px 40px 40px 40px;
        border-radius: 2px;
        width: 550px;
        margin: 0 auto;
    }
    
    .weather-icon {
        vertical-align: middle;
        margin-right: 20px;
    }
    
    .weather-forecast {
        color: #212121;
        font-size: 1.2em;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin: 20px 0px;
    }
    
    span.min-temperature {
        margin-left: 15px;
        color: #929292;
    }
    
    .time {
        line-height: 25px;
    }
    </style>
    <body>
    <div class="report-container">
            <h2><?php echo $jsondata->name; ?> Weather Status</h2>
            <div class="time">
                <div><?php echo date( 'l g:i a', $currentTime ); ?></div>
                <div><?php echo date( 'jS F, Y', $currentTime ); ?></div>
                <div><?php echo $desc; ?></div>
            </div>
            <div class="weather-forecast">
                <img
                    src="http://openweathermap.org/img/w/<?php echo $jsondata->weather[0]->icon; ?>.png"
                    class="weather-icon" /> <?php echo $mintemp; ?>°C<span
                    class="min-temperature"><?php echo $maxtemp; ?>°C</span>
            </div>
            <div class="time">
                <div>Humidity: <?php echo $humidity; ?> %</div>
                <div>Wind: <?php echo $wind; ?> km/h</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        </body>

Solution 5

OpenWeatherMap is the best weather open API that you can use: https://openweathermap.org/api

It provides free weather data and forecast API suitable for any cartographic services like web and smartphones applications
It uses JSON/XML formats to provide weather data for your app.
It offers a wide array of useful weather-related information including current weather, historical weather, forecast, wind, clouds, weather station data, and more
How can we get weather information for a selected location? Openweathermap provides different two modes to look for a city. One uses name pattern and another using geo-coordinates.
Free to use

Here is a sample app android-openweathermap-app

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Tuan Vu

Updated on July 05, 2022

Comments

Tuan Vu almost 2 years
Possible duplicate:

Get weather update of current location?

How can I get the weather in current location from Latitude and Longitude?

I'm developing an app, it can update weather at current location. I have googled and found how to use Google API. But now Google API not available, and I used Yahoo weather instead.

My questions:
1. How to get weather use Yahoo Weather API
2. Tutorial or Source Code