## Usage [Read here.](https://github.com/lcpz/lain/wiki/Widgets#usage) ### Description Provides current weather status widgets and X-days forecast popup notifications. Powered by [OpenWeatherMap](http://openweathermap.org/api) API. By default, it uses [current](http://openweathermap.org/current) for current weather data and [forecast16](http://openweathermap.org/forecast16) for forecasts. ```lua local myweather = lain.widget.weather() ``` ## Input table Variable | Meaning | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- `timeout` | Refresh timeout seconds for current weather status | number | 900 (15 min) `timeout_forecast` | Refresh timeout seconds for forecast notification | number | 86400 (24 hrs) `current_call` | Command to fetch weather status data from the API | string | see `default_current_call` `forecast_call` | Command to fetch forecast data from the API | string | see `default_forecast_call` `city_id` | API city code | number | not set `utc_offset` | UTC time offset | function | see [here](https://github.com/lcpz/lain/blob/master/widget/weather.lua#L35-L39) `units` | Temperature units system | string | "metric" `lang` | API data localization | string | "en" `cnt` | Forecast days interval | integer | 5 `date_cmd` | Forecast notification format style | string | "date -u -d @%d +'%%a %%d'" `icons_path` | Icons path | string | `lain/icons/openweathermap` `notification_preset` | Preset for notifications | table | empty table `notification_text_fun` | Function to format forecast notifications | function | see `notification_text_fun` below `weather_na_markup` | Markup to be used when weather textbox is not available | text | " N/A " `followtag` | Display the notification on currently focused screen | boolean | false `showpopup` | Display popups with mouse hovering | string, possible values: "on", "off" | "on" `settings` | User settings | function | empty function - ``default_current_call`` `"curl -s 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=%s&units=%s&lang=%s'"` You can rewrite it using any fetcher solution you like, or you can modify it in order to fetch data by city name, instead of ID: just replace `id` with `q`: `"curl -s 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=%s&units=%s&lang=%s'"` and set `city_id` with your city name, for instance `city_id = "London,UK"`. - ``default_forecast_call`` `"curl -s 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/daily?id=%s&units=%s&lang=%s&cnt=%s'"` Like above. If you want to use [forecast5](http://openweathermap.org/forecast5), use this API call string: `http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?id=%s&units=%s&lang=%s&cnt=%s` - ``city_id`` An integer that defines the OpenWeatherMap ID code of your city. To obtain it go to [OpenWeatherMap](http://openweathermap.org/) and query for your city in the top search bar. The link will look like this: http://openweathermap.org/city/2643743 your `city_id` is the number at the end. - ``units`` - For temperature in Fahrenheit use `units = "imperial"` - For temperature in Celsius use `units = "metric"` (Lain default) - For temperature in Kelvin use `units = "standard"` (OpenWeatherMap default) - ``lang`` See *Multilingual Support* section [here](http://openweathermap.org/current). - ``cnt`` Determines how many days to show in the forecast notification. Up to 16 if you use [forecast16](http://openweathermap.org/forecast16) (default), and up to 5 if you use [forecast5](http://openweathermap.org/forecast5). - ``date_cmd`` OpenWeatherMap time is in UNIX format, so this variable uses `date` to determine how each line in the forecast notification is formatted. Default looks like this: day #daynumber: forecast, temp_min - temp_max see `man date` for your customizations. - ``icons_path`` You can set your own icons path if you don't wish to use `lain/icons/openweathermap`. Just be sure that your icons are PNGs and named exactly like [OpenWeatherMap ones](http://openweathermap.org/weather-conditions). - ``notification_preset`` Notifications preset table. See [here](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/libraries/naughty.html#notify) for the details. - ``notification_text_fun`` ```lua function (wn) local day = string.gsub(read_pipe(string.format(date_cmd, wn["dt"])), "\n", "") local tmin = math.floor(wn["temp"]["min"]) local tmax = math.floor(wn["temp"]["max"]) local desc = wn["weather"][1]["description"] return string.format("%s: %s, %d - %d ", day, desc, tmin, tmax) end ``` See [here](https://github.com/lcpz/lain/issues/186#issuecomment-203400918) for a complete customization example. - ``followtag`` With multiple screens, the default behaviour is to show a visual notification pop-up window on the first screen. By setting `followtag` to `true` it will be shown on the currently focused tag screen. - ``settings`` In your `settings` function, you can use `widget` variable to refer to the textbox, and the dictionary `weather_now` to refer to data retrieved by `current_call`. The dictionary is built with [dkjson library](http://dkolf.de/src/dkjson-lua.fsl/home), and its structure is defined [here](http://openweathermap.org/weather-data). For instance, you can retrieve current weather status and temperature in this way: ```lua descr = weather_now["weather"][1]["description"]:lower() units = math.floor(weather_now["main"]["temp"]) ``` ## Output table Variable | Meaning | Type --- | --- | --- `widget` | The widget | `wibox.widget.textbox` `icon` | The icon | `wibox.widget.imagebox` `update` | Update `widget` | function `timer` | The widget timer | [`gears.timer`](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/classes/gears.timer.html) `timer_forecast` | The forecast notification timer | [`gears.timer`](https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/classes/gears.timer.html) ## Functions You can attach the forecast notification to any widget like this: ```lua myweather.attach(obj) ``` Hovering over ``obj`` will display the notification. ## Keybindings You can create a keybinding for the weather popup like this: ```lua awful.key( { "Mod1" }, "w", function () myweather.show(5) end ) ``` where ``show`` argument is an integer defining timeout seconds.