Simple-Java-Weather-App

Quick Start

Dependencies

• Maven 3 (v3.3.9)
• Java 8 (v1.8.0_152)
• Google Chrome ES6 (v75.0.3770.100)

How to Run

1. Run the backend API

mvn clean package exec:java

This will run the backend on http://localhost:8080/

2. Open up the index.html in src/main/webapp on a modern browser that supports ECMAScript6.

3. Enter a location to receive the weather data for that area.

4. Calling the API directly (Optional)

You can call the API directly at http://localhost:8080/weather?location=LOCATION and replace LOCATION with a sample string such as "Hong Kong, HK"

TODO

• Setup of Jersey API
• Enable CORS on backend API
• Create index page with form to submit to the backend API
• Install Guice dependency for dependency injection
• Install marshaller dependency to/from JSON
• Retrieve weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org
• Get City ID from OpenWeatherMap.org
• Get City Weather using City ID from OpenWeatherMap.org
• Parse weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org to extract overall weather description
• Parse weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org to extract temperature in Celsius
• Parse weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org to extract sunrise times
• Parse weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org to extract sunset times
• Convert times to 12 hour format
• Convert temperature to Fahrenheit
• Return all data via API endpoint /weather
• Extract server port and app variables into environment vars or configuration files
• Unit tests
• Environment Maven profiles