We know weather updates are how much important in our day-to-day life. So, We are introducing the logic and script with some easiest way to understand for everyone. Let’s see a simple Python script to show the live update for Weather information.
Modules Needed
In this script, we are using some libraries
- bs4: Beautiful Soup(bs4) is a Python library for pulling data out of HTML and XML files. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.
pip install bs4
- win10toast:This library helps in creating desktop notifications. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.
pip install win10toast
- requests: This library allows you to send HTTP/1.1 requests extremely easily. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.
pip install requests
Approach :
- Extract data from the weather website using requests.
- Parse the HTML using BeautifulSoup.
- Filter the relevant weather information.
- Format the information as a string.
- Show a desktop notification with the result.
Step-by-Step Implementation (Windows)
Step 1:Import all dependence
Pythonimportrequestsfrombs4importBeautifulSoupfromwin10toastimportToastNotifier
Step 2:Create an object of ToastNotifier class.
PythonStep 3:Define a function for getting data from the given url.
Pythondefgetdata(url):r=requests.get(url)returnr.text
Step 4:Now pass the URL into the getdata function and Convert that data into HTML code.
Pythonhtmldata=getdata("https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/25.59,85.14?par=google&temp=c/")soup=BeautifulSoup(htmldata,'html.parser')print(soup.prettify())After executing this script you will get raw data like these:
Raw HTML information Step 5:Find the required details and filter them
Pythoncurrent_temp=soup.find_all("span",class_=" _-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--tempValue--MHmYY")chances_rain=soup.find_all("div",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--precipValue--2aJSf")temp=(str(current_temp))temp_rain=str(chances_rain)res="current_temp "+temp[128:-9]+" in patna bihar"+"\n"+temp_rain[131:-14]Step 6:Now pass the result into notifications object.
Pythonn.show_toast("Weather update",res,duration=10)Output:
notification Complete Code:
Pythonimportrequestsfrombs4importBeautifulSoupfromwin10toastimportToastNotifiern=ToastNotifier()# objectdefgetdata(url):r=requests.get(url)returnr.texthtmldata=getdata("https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/25.59,85.14?par=google&temp=c/")soup=BeautifulSoup(htmldata,'html.parser')current_temp=soup.find_all("span",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--tempValue--MHmYY")chances_rain=soup.find_all("div",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--precipValue--2aJSf")temp=str(current_temp)temp_rain=str(chances_rain)res="current_temp "+temp[128:-9]+" in patna bihar"+"\n"+temp_rain[131:-14]n.show_toast("live Weather update",res,duration=10)Output
Live NotificationCross-Platform Support for macOS/Linux
Since win10toast only works on Windows, you can use the plyer module for notifications on macOS, Linux and Windows.
Step 1: Install Required Modules
Pythonpipinstallrequestspipinstallbs4pipinstallplyer
Step 2: Import All Dependencies
Pythonimportrequestsfrombs4importBeautifulSoupfromplyerimportnotification
Step 3:Create a Function to Get Data from the URL
Pythondefgetdata(url):r=requests.get(url)returnr.text
Step 4: Fetch and Parse the HTML Data
Pythonhtmldata=getdata("https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/25.59,85.14?par=google&temp=c/")soup=BeautifulSoup(htmldata,'html.parser')Step 5: Filter the Required Weather Details
Pythoncurrent_temp=soup.find_all("span",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--tempValue--MHmYY")chances_rain=soup.find_all("div",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--precipValue--2aJSf")temp=str(current_temp)temp_rain=str(chances_rain)res="Current Temperature: "+temp[128:-9]+" in Patna, Bihar"+"\n"+"Rain Chances: "+temp_rain[131:-14]Step 6: Display the Desktop Notification
Pythonnotification.notify(title="live weather update",message=res,timeout=10)
Complete code:
Pythonimportrequestsfrombs4importBeautifulSoupfromplyerimportnotificationdefgetdata(url):r=requests.get(url)returnr.texthtmldata=getdata("https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/25.59,85.14?par=google&temp=c/")soup=BeautifulSoup(htmldata,'html.parser')current_temp=soup.find_all("span",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--tempValue--MHmYY")chances_rain=soup.find_all("div",class_="_-_-components-src-organism-CurrentConditions-CurrentConditions--precipValue--2aJSf")temp=str(current_temp)temp_rain=str(chances_rain)res="Current Temperature: "+temp[128:-9]+" in Patna, Bihar"+"\n"+"Rain Chances: "+temp_rain[131:-14]notification.notify(title="live weather update",message=res,timeout=10)Output