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title: "Forecasting with a command"
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description: "Using a single command to get the week's weather forecast"
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cover: /assets/pngs/weather.png
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date: 2018-12-14T21:41:00-04:00
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categories:
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- Technology
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tags:
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- CLI
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---
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We all love the CLI *(and if we don't, we should)* so wouldn't it be great if there was a tool to see your weather forecast with a single command? Ceda EI at <a href="https://webionite.com" target="_blank">webionite.com</a> has written a tool that uses the Dark Sky API to give you the forecast for a day or week, at your location, and in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
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## Celsius
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+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location`
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+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location/t`
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## Fahrenheit
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+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location`
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+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location/t`
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A great way to make this faster and simpler is to put an alias in your shell's `rc` file. For bash, you can do that with:
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```
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echo "alias weather='curl sky.webionite.com/f/location'" >> ~/.bashrc
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```
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If you ever forget how to use the tool, just run `curl sky.webionite.com` and you'll be given instructions.
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