{SOLVED} Conky Weather Disaster

ichase · 2011-10-15 15:25:02

Greetings all,
Have been trying to get weather working in conky for a while now. I have tried the weather.xoap scripts in conkyForecast but it seems as if weather.com is going to an API and is only on a free offer until you have to pay a monthly fee.
So I followed the directions to the letter in this thread about setting up weather with wunderground.

Once I got everything switched over to the correct folder and edited the .conkyrc to point to the correct folder I held my breath and launched.
Something definitely came up on the screen but it's a mess.
Received this from launching via terminal:

Conky: /home/ichase/.conkyrc: 39: no such configuration: 'border_margin'
Conky: desktop window (223) is root window
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800001)
Conky: failed to set up double buffer
Conky: drawing to single buffer
--2011-10-15 11:09:04--  http://ical.wunderground.com/auto/ical/VA/Virginia_Beach.ics?units=english
Resolving ical.wunderground.com... 38.102.136.104
Connecting to ical.wunderground.com|38.102.136.104|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/calendar]
Saving to: `/home/ichase/conky_wunderground/ics1'

    [ <=>                                                                                                                    ] 4,489       --.-K/s   in 0.01s   

2011-10-15 11:09:04 (309 KB/s) - `/home/ichase/conky_wunderground/ics1' saved [4489]

rm: cannot remove `/home/ichase/conky_wunderground/14': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/home/ichase/conky_wunderground/13': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/home/ichase/conky_wunderground/12': No such file or directory

Also, my .conkyrc

# UBUNTU-CONKY

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer none
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 400 5


override_utf8_locale no

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
draw_outline yes # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders yes
#font FreeSans -10
xftfont freesans:pixelsize=11
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
border_margin 9

# border width
border_width 10

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color EBCA92

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 220

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
${execi 600 sh /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/wunderground-script.sh}${if_existing /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/14}${color 7D9996}Today ${hr 2}$color        
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '15p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n'2p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '3p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '1p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '4p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '16p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '6p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '7p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '2p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '8p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}${endif}${if_existing /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/12}${color 7D9996}Today ${hr 2}$color        
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '15p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '2p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '3p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '1p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '4p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '16p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '6p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '7p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '2p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '8p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}${endif}${if_existing /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/13}${color 7D9996}Tonight ${hr 2}$color
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '16p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '6p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '7p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '2p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '8p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}${endif}   

${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '9p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}$color            
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '17p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '10p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '11p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '3p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '12p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '18p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '14p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '15p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '4p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '16p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   

${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '17p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}$color            
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '19p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '18p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '19p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '5p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '20p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '20p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '22p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '23p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}    
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '6p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '24p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   

${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '25p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2} $color           
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '21p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '26p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '27p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '7p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '28p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '22p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '30p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '31p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}    
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '8p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '32p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} 

${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '33p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}   $color         
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '23p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '34p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '35p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '9p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '36p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '24p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '38p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}  
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '39p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}   
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '10p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '40p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '41p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}  $color          
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '25p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '42p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '43p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '11p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '44p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '26p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '46p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '47p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '12p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '48p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${if_existing /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/14}${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '49p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}  $color           
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '27p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '50p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '51p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '13p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '52p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '28p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '54p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '55p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '14p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '56p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}${endif}${if_existing /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/13}${color 7D9996}${execi 600  sed -n '49p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun} ${hr 2}  $color           
${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '27p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '50p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '51p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '13p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '52p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}

${font conkyweather:size=35}${execi 600  sed -n '28p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font} ${voffset -22}${execi 600 sed -n '54p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}
${alignc -10}${voffset -27}${font conkyweather:size=35}E${font}${voffset -20}${offset -10}${execi 600 sed -n '55p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}     
${alignr 40}${voffset -27}${font ConkyWindNESW:size=35}${execi 600 sed -n '14p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/icons.wun}${font}${voffset -15}${execi 600 sed -n '56p' /home/ichase/conky_wunderground/messages.wun}${endif}

I see many people using weather scripts on their 1st conkys with no issues. I put the blame on myself that there must be some variable that I am not getting.
So your help and guidance is greatly appreciated.

All the best,

Ian

Last edited by ichase (2011-11-12 00:59:54)

psyco430404 · 2011-10-15 16:04:25

If all your wanting is weather for the current day, and not some complex script that uses the weather font, or gives full forecasts, heres a great one line script thats really easy to use.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=37381

dubois · 2011-10-15 16:09:00

^ That script from the Arch Forums is brilliant. big_smile

EDIT -- left a word out of the sentence

Last edited by dubois (2011-10-15 16:15:33)

psyco430404 · 2011-10-15 16:10:16

dubois wrote:

^ That script from the Arch Forums brilliant.

I thought so big_smile , only weather script i could ever get working lol

pvsage · 2011-10-15 17:32:55

weather-util is also good for a slightly more comprehensive weather report; simplest syntax is `weather [alias]`, where [alias] is your local METAR station. Since ichase is clearly a Caniac, I'm guessing RDU would be your METAR alias?

Forecasts are still broken for weather-util, by the way...been broken about a year and a half now...not the developer's fault though; NOAA changed how forecast data is organized on their server.

dubois · 2011-10-15 17:50:09

^ Ah. I thought you were the one who'd mentioned weather-util previously. Handy tool.

pvsage · 2011-10-15 17:57:37

Well, looks like Texas still has the old directory structure. Weird. In NC, this was broken sometime around March last year.

ichase · 2011-10-15 20:21:55

Thanks for the replies everyone. Yes I am most definitely a caniac pvsage but live in Virginia Beach because that is where the job is. wink Been happy with their play against Boston and Buffalo.
I tried out the script from Arch linux forums. Arch is what I use anyway so I tried it out but obviously did something wrong. I substituted "METRIC" for my zip code but I get the following error when running conky from the terminal:

curl: no URL specified!
curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information
/home/ichase/weather.sh: line 18: http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp?metric=1&locCode=23454: No such file or directory

I changed the necessary things in the weather.sh script as far as I can tell.

#!/bin/sh
#AccuWeather (r) RSS weather tool for conky
#
#USAGE: weather.sh <locationcode>
#
#(c) Michael Seiler 2007

METRIC=1 #Should be 0 or 1; 0 for F, 1 for C

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo
    echo "USAGE: weather.sh <23454>"
    echo
    exit 0;
fi

curl -s
http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp\?metric\=${23454}\&locCode\=$1 | perl -ne 'if (/Currently/)
{chomp;/\<title\>Currently:(.*)?\<\/title\>/; print "$1"; }'

So not sure what I am doing wrong.

Last edited by ichase (2011-10-15 20:23:02)

dubois · 2011-10-15 20:37:26

Did you set permissions on your weather.sh?

The reason I ask such an elementary question is because for the longest time it was an error I continued to make. It's just a question.

Last edited by dubois (2011-10-15 20:51:02)

ichase · 2011-10-15 21:50:16

dubois wrote:

Did you set permissions on your weather.sh?
The reason I ask such an elementary question is because for the longest time it was an error I continued to make. It's just a question.

Thanks for the reply dubois,
I made it executable and the permissions are set to read/write for user.

dubois · 2011-10-15 21:57:58

...and the path is correct? Here's the short version of that script from my files if you choose to try it. Just to double check things, you know?

#!/bin/sh
#AccuWeather (r) RSS weather tool for conky
#
#USAGE: weather.sh <locationcode>
#
#(c) Michael Seiler 2007

METRIC=0 #Should be 0 or 1; 0 for F, 1 for C

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo
    echo "USAGE: weather.sh 78758"
    echo
    exit 0;
fi

curl -s http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp\?metric\=${METRIC}\&locCode\=$1 \
| sed -n '/Currently:/ s/.*: \(.*\): \([-0-9]*\)\([CF]\).*/\1\ \2°\3/p'

#Source = https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=567663#p567663

ichase · 2011-10-16 01:13:37

dubois, that seemed to do the trick. Now I see on my conky "Clear 63 degrees" I take it I can work on the script and get more info?

Thanks again.

Ian

psyco430404 · 2011-10-16 04:36:40

No if you leave it in its current state, thats what it gives you, todays forecast and nothing else (hence its a one liner) if you red page 3 it has another script that gives you a bit more info

BoredOOMM · 2011-10-17 05:40:15

ichase wrote:

curl: no URL specified!
curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information
/home/ichase/weather.sh: line 18: http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp?metric=1&locCode=23454: No such file or directory

Change line 3 in weather.sh

METRIC=0

Change Line18 to generic and then change conky to ask for

curl -s http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp\?metric\=${METRIC}\&locCode\=$1 | perl -ne 'if (/Currently/) {chomp;/\<title\>Currently: (.*)?\<\/title\>/; print "$1"; }'

${execi 300 /home/ichase/Conky/weather.sh 23454}

Last edited by BoredOOMM (2011-10-17 05:44:37)

BoredOOMM · 2011-10-17 05:49:04

I searched all morning for this script yesterday.
I want about 6 lines of text for forecast- same as in the Arch script using awk script in this post.

I cannot seem to get the longer text as shown in the RSS feed. All I get is what is shown below-

WEATHER
Now: Clear, 64F
Today: 55-85C
Tomorrow: 55-81C

weather.sh script http://pastebin.com/VNm8uLfw

.weatherconky http://pastebin.com/ty3VFUdV

dubois · 2011-10-17 13:14:53

^ I was never able to get that to work as it's written which is why I settled on the shortened version. Too many weather codes are either too verbose or too brief... and I'm merely a user. hmm

psyco430404 · 2011-10-17 13:32:40

There should be a C in parenthesis, change that to a F.

BoredOOMM · 2011-10-18 06:16:36

psyco430404 wrote:

There should be a C in parenthesis, change that to a F.

I did more than that by playing with the code and by trial and error found the happy medium for now.

# !/usr/bin/bash
METRIC=0 #Should be 0 or 1; 0 for F, 1 for C
if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "USAGE: weather.sh <locationcode>"
    exit 0;
fi

wget -q http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp\?metric\=${METRIC}\&locCode\=$1 -O - | awk \
'/Currently:/ {CurWeather=$0}
/[0-9] Forecast<\/title>/ {nr=NR+5}
NR==nr    {postIndx[++x]=$0}
# x>2    {exit}
END{
    split(CurWeather,tmp,"Currently: ")
    split(tmp[2],tmp1,"<")
    CurWeather=sprintf("%s",tmp1[1])
    sub(":",",",CurWeather)
    for(x in postIndx){
    split(postIndx[x],tmp,";|&")
    split(tmp[1],tmp,">")
    split(tmp[2],statement," F ") # substitute C for F if metric differs
    split(tmp[2],temp)
    forecast[++y]=sprintf("%d-%dF %-15s",temp[5],temp[2],statement[3])
    }
    printf("Now: %s\nToday: %s\nTomorrow: %s",CurWeather,forecast[1],forecast[2])
}'

dubois · 2011-10-18 13:06:12

I love weather and weather apps! Once I get some coffees in me I'll give it a try -- not like I can't look outside and see we're still in the worst or second worst drought since 1500 based on tree ring growth. hmm wink

EDIT -- No, that didn't work. It just left a blank space in my conky like the other long version from the original source. Xin loi. sad

Last edited by dubois (2011-10-18 13:46:52)

pvsage · 2011-10-18 15:40:24

I *must* learn AWK. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/[ZIP] gives a very detailed local forecast (for US ZIP codes anyway...no offense intended to people in other countries, it's just the US is where I live). The text-based browsers like links2 & lynx display this in a fairly readable format, but everything's in a single looong column, and there's a lot of cruft...shouldn't take too much work to parse it into something that can be beautifully displayed in Conky, or possibly in a terminal window. As far as I know, these pages aren't part of the "Oh by the way, this is going to be a subscription-only service soon" API crap.

chaanakya · 2011-10-18 16:47:07

Here are my two scripts:
Temperature:

#!/bin/bash
WEATHER=`wget -q -T 1 -O - http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/pasadena/91101/city-weather-forecast.asp?unit=c | grep '<div class="info"> <span class="cond">' | grep -o [0-9] | sed '/.*[^\.]$/N;s/\n *//'`
WEATHER=$WEATHER°
echo $WEATHER

Conditions:

#!/bin/bash
wget -q -O - http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/pasadena/91101/city-weather-forecast.asp?unit=c | grep -o '<div class="info"> <span class="cond">[A-Z].*</span> <strong' | sed -e 's/.*<span class="cond".//' | sed -e 's/<\/span>.*//'

You'll have to change the URL to your city/zip-code. If you want it in Fahrenheit, take off the ?unit=c part at the end of the URL. I don't have forecasts working yet, but I could try... wink

Last edited by chaanakya (2011-10-18 16:48:02)

BoredOOMM · 2011-10-18 21:11:57

dubois wrote:

I love weather and weather apps! Once I get some coffees in me I'll give it a try -- not like I can't look outside and see we're still in the worst or second worst drought since 1500 based on tree ring growth.

EDIT -- No, that didn't work. It just left a blank space in my conky like the other long version from the original source. Xin loi.

The code I posted did not work?

It works for me here, but I am going to attempt the weatherunderground.api (json) as a feed and see if I can get setup before the $68/month charges hit.

dubois · 2011-10-18 21:32:27

^ It may not be your fault so don't go off and do this for me. It seems I don't get along too well with code. If I find something that works I hang on to it, but if I cried foul! every time a bit of code didn't work for me... nm.

BoredOOMM · 2011-10-19 01:20:53

dubois wrote:

^ It may not be your fault so don't go off and do this for me. It seems I don't get along too well with code. If I find something that works I hang on to it, but if I cried foul! every time a bit of code didn't work for me... nm.

LOL I take heart that Sector11 admits he is a user not a coder.

I need to rebuild my entire conky from May - but it works so I don't. The only reason I am seeking alternative weather is the pending end of the keys for weather.com

Sector11 · 2011-10-20 13:01:17

Coming to you direct from my summer home - the REAL conky weather commands:

By real I mean the commands found in the conky variables.

On the left weather from NOAA - good for what's going on right now!

no future forecast.
no exec, execi or execpi commands
light on resources

The NOAA conky

# To use #! in a conky use: ${exec echo '#!'}
# killall conky && conky -c ~/conky/weather-NOAA &
# by Sector11

background no
border_inner_margin 10
border_width 0
default_color FFFFFF
default_outline_color black
default_shade_color black
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
no_buffers yes

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
#own_window_colour black
own_window_hints below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_title conky-noaa
own_window_class conky-noaa

pad_percents 2
short_units yes
stippled_borders 0
top_name_width 5
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 1.0 #0.2
xftfont monospace:size=9
override_utf8_locale yes

gap_x 20 # left-right
gap_y 20 # up-down
text_buffer_size 6144 # 256 is minimum
update_interval 1
minimum_size 300 340
maximum_width 300
alignment tl


### IOAC codes for NOAA
### http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/aptcodesearch.asp

### IATA-Code:    EZE
### ICAO-Code:    SAEZ
### FAA-Code:    
### Location:    Buenos Aires
### Airport:    Buenos Aires-Ezeiza International Airport
### Country:    Argentina

### IATA-Code:    AEP
### ICAO-Code:    SABE
### FAA-Code:    
### Location:    Buenos Aires
### Airport:    Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery
### Country:    Argentina

### IATA-Code:    YXU
### ICAO-Code:    CYXU
### FAA-Code:    
### Location:    London
### Airport:    London
### Country:    Canada

lua_load ~/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

TEXT
${alignc}NOAA
${alignc}Jorge Newbery
${alignc}${cpubar cpu2 1,100}

Temperature: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE temperature}°
  Currently: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE cloud_cover}
   Pressure: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE pressure}    Humidity: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE humidity}%
Wind: speed: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE wind_speed} - ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE wind_dir} or ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SABE wind_dir_DEG}°

${alignc}NOAA - Ezeiza
${alignc}${cpubar cpu2 1,100}
Temperature: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ temperature}°
  Currently: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ cloud_cover}
   Pressure: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ pressure}    Humidity: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ humidity}%
 Wind: speed: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ wind_speed} - ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ wind_dir} or ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ SAEZ wind_dir_DEG}°

${alignc}NOAA - London
${alignc}${cpubar cpu2 1,100}
Temperature: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU temperature}°
  Currently: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU cloud_cover}
   Pressure: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU pressure}    Humidity: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU humidity}%
 Wind: speed: ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU wind_speed} - ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU wind_dir} or ${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU wind_dir_DEG}°
${alignc}${cpubar cpu2 1,300}
${alignc}${weather http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/ CYXU last_update}

On the right WEATHER.COM - I'd wait a while to see if it's still good in November

today and a four day forecast.
no exec, execi or execpi commands
light on resources
I can't get the "icons" (images) to work, your mileage may vary

Starting: November 2011

the format IS changing, these commands "may" not work
looks like it will be a $63/month subscription

The WEATHER.COM conky

# To use #! in a conky use: ${exec echo '#!'}
# killall conky && conky -c ~/conky/weather-WEATHER_COM &
# by Sector11

background no
border_inner_margin 10
border_width 0
default_color FFFFFF
default_outline_color black
default_shade_color black
double_buffer yes
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
no_buffers yes

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
#own_window_colour black
own_window_hints below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_title conky-weather.com
own_window_class conky-weather.com

pad_percents 2
short_units yes
stippled_borders 0
top_name_width 5
uppercase no
use_spacer right
use_xft yes
xftalpha 1.0 #0.2
xftfont monospace:size=9
override_utf8_locale yes

gap_x 20 # left-right
gap_y 20 # up-down
text_buffer_size 6144 # 256 is minimum
update_interval 1
minimum_size 300 340
maximum_width 300
alignment tr


### Weather dot com
### ARBA0009  Buenos Aires, Argentina
### ARDF0127  Aeroparque Buenos Aires, Argentina
### http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=CITYNAME

lua_load ~/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg

TEXT
   Forecast -  Jorge Newbery  WEATHER COM

${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 day}${goto 90}L: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 low}° H: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 hi}°
   Forecast: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 forecast}
Wind: Speed: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 wind_speed} - ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 wind_dir} or ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 wind_dir_DEG}°
   Humidity: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 humidity}%  Rain?: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 0 precipitation}%

${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 day}${goto 90}L: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 low}° H: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 hi}°
   Forecast: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 forecast}
Wind: Speed: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 wind_speed} - ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 wind_dir} or ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 wind_dir_DEG}°
   Humidity: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 humidity}%  Rain?: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 1 precipitation}%

${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 day}${goto 90}L: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 low}° H: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 hi}°
   Forecast: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 forecast}
Wind: Speed: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 wind_speed} - ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 wind_dir} or ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 wind_dir_DEG}°
   Humidity: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 humidity}%  Rain?: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 2 precipitation}%

${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 day}${goto 90}L: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 low}° H: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 hi}°
   Forecast: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 forecast}
Wind: Speed: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 wind_speed} - ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 wind_dir} or ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 wind_dir_DEG}°
   Humidity: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 humidity}%  Rain?: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 3 precipitation}%

${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 day}${goto 90}L: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 low}° H: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 hi}°
   Forecast: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 forecast}
Wind: Speed: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 wind_speed} - ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 wind_dir} or ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 wind_dir_DEG}°
   Humidity: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 humidity}%  Rain?: ${weather_forecast http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 4 precipitation}%

 Update: ${weather http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/ ARBA0009 last_update}

I GOTTA try out some of the scripts found here!

Last edited by Sector11 (2011-10-20 13:04:19)

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