AccuWeather Weather Information Retriever

Overview

This Python script allows users to retrieve current weather conditions and daily forecast information for a specified city using the AccuWeather API.

Features

• City location search
• Current weather conditions retrieval
• Daily forecast information
• Temperature and weather text display
• Supports both Celsius and Fahrenheit measurements

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7+
• requests library
• pandas library (optional)
• AccuWeather Developer Account and API Key

Installation

Dependencies

Install the required Python libraries:

pip install requests pandas

AccuWeather API Key

1. Create an account at AccuWeather Developer Portal
2. Generate an API key
3. Replace the API_KEY in the script with your personal key

Usage

Running the Script

python weather_script.py

1. When prompted, enter the name of the city
2. The script will display:
   • Current temperature
   • Current weather conditions
   • Minimum and maximum temperatures
   • Day and night weather conditions

Functions

• city_search(): Finds the location key for a given city
• get_current_conditions(): Retrieves current weather conditions
• get_daily_forecast(): Fetches daily weather forecast

Error Handling

• Checks API response status
• Handles city not found scenarios
• Provides error messages for failed API calls

Limitations

• Requires active internet connection
• Limited by AccuWeather API request quotas
• Relies on first search result for city matching

Security Notes

• Keep your API key confidential
• Do not commit API keys to version control
• Consider using environment variables for API key storage

Potential Improvements

• Add support for multiple-day forecasts
• Implement temperature unit conversion
• Create more robust error handling
• Add caching mechanism for API responses

Dependencies

• requests: HTTP library for API calls
• pandas: Data manipulation (optional)

Contributing

Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!

License

This project is licensed under MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.