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Dominor Novus
Dominor Novus

Reputation: 2268

How to embed basic weather report for current time for fixed location in web page?

What I need:

I need to output a basic weather reports based on the current time and a fixed location (a county in the Republic of Ireland).

Output requirements:

  1. Ideally plain text accompanied with a single graphical icon (e.g. sun behind a cloud etc.).
  2. Option to style output.
  3. No adverts; no logos.
  4. Free of charge.
  5. Numeric Celsius temperature and short textual description.

I appreciate I'm that my expectations are high so interpret the list more as a "wish-list" rather than delusional demands.

What I've tried:

http://www.weather-forecast.com - The parameters for the iframe aren't configurable enough. Output is too bloated.

Google Weather API - I've played with PHP solutions to no avail though in any case, apparently the API is dead: http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/08/28/did-google-just-quietly-kill-private-weather-api/

My question:

Can anyone offer suggestions on how to embed a simple daily weather report based on a fixed location with minimal bloat?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8511

Answers (1)

mElling
mElling

Reputation: 197

Take a look at http://www.zazar.net/developers/jquery/zweatherfeed/

It's pretty configurable, although I'm not sure if there is still too much info for your needs. I've only tried it with US locations; all you need is a zipcode. The examples show using locations from other countries. I'm assuming it's a similar setup to get locations added for Ireland.

Upvotes: 4

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