Weather Dashboard (Go)

Description

This project is a simple weather dashboard built using Go. It fetches weather data from the OpenWeatherMap API and displays it in a clean command line interface.

Features

• Fetch current weather information for any location.
• Supports both metric and imperial units.
• Fetch and display a 5-day weather forecast with daily high/low temperatures and conditions.
• Display temperature, humidity, visibility, wind speed, and sunrise/sunset times.
• Supports city names with spaces (e.g., "New York City").
• Uses environment variables for API key security.
• Logs application info and errors to a separate file.
• Supports running in a Docker container.

Setup

Prerequisites

• Install Go if you haven't already.
• Install Docker if you want to run the application in a container.

Installation & Running (Locally)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/weather-dashboard.git
   cd weather-dashboard

2. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your OpenWeatherMap API key:

   WEATHER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

3. Install dependencies:

   go mod tidy

4. Run the application:

   go run main.go

Running with Docker

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t weather-dashboard .

2. Run the container with your API key:

   docker run --rm -it --env WEATHER_API_KEY=your_api_key weather-dashboard

Libraries Used

• net/http: For making HTTP requests to the weather API.
• net/url: For encoding city names in API requests.
• encoding/json: For parsing the JSON data returned by the API.
• os: For reading environment variables.
• github.com/joho/godotenv: For loading API keys from a .env file.
• sort: For sorting forecast data correctly.
• time: For handling and formatting date/time values.
• log: For handling logging to a file and to the console.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.