This C# code represents a simple weather forecast application. The application uses the OpenWeatherMap API to retrieve weather information for a specified city and display it to the user. It consists of a Windows Forms application with a single form named Form1.
- The
Form1
class inherits fromForm
and serves as the main form of the application. - It contains an API key (APIKey) that is used to authenticate requests to the OpenWeatherMap API.
- There are two event handlers defined:
searchBtn_Click
and two helper methods:getWeather
andgeForecast
.
- This event handler is triggered when the user clicks the "Search" button on the form.
- It calls two methods:
getWeather
andgeForecast
.
- This method is responsible for fetching current weather data for a specified city using the OpenWeatherMap API.
- It uses a
WebClient
to make a GET request to the API endpoint. - The response data, received in JSON format, is deserialized into a custom class
WeatherInfo.root
usingJsonConvert.DeserializeObject
. - The relevant weather information is extracted from the response and displayed on the form's controls, such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and sunset/sunrise times.
- This method converts a Unix timestamp (milliseconds since 1970) to a
DateTime
object in the local time zone. - It is used to convert the sunrise and sunset timestamps received from the API into human-readable time.
- This method fetches weather forecast data for a specific location (latitude and longitude) using the OpenWeatherMap API.
- Similar to
getWeather
, it makes a GET request usingWebClient
, deserializes the JSON response into a custom classForecastInfo.Forecast
, and extracts the relevant forecast data. - It then creates instances of a custom user control
ForecastUC
to display the forecast information for the next 8 days. - Each
ForecastUC
contains details like weather icon, weather description, and the day of the week.
- The code follows good practices by utilizing the
using
statement for theWebClient
, which ensures proper disposal of resources after usage. - The application fetches weather information in metric units (temperature in degrees Celsius and wind speed in meters per second) by default as the API returns data in this format.