A Python-based weather application that allows users to check current weather information for any city using the OpenWeatherMap API. The app provides temperature in Celsius & Fahrenheit, weather description, and an emoji representation of the weather condition.
- Fetches current weather for any city.
- Displays temperature in Celsius & Fahrenheit.
- Shows appropriate weather description and emoji.
- User-friendly graphical interface built using PyQt5.
- Python: The primary programming language.
- PyQt5: Used for building the graphical user interface (GUI).
- Requests: Library used for making HTTP requests to the OpenWeatherMap API.
- OpenWeatherMap API: Provides real-time weather data.
- Python 3.x installed on your machine.
- Install the required Python libraries:
pip install -r requirements.txt
git clone https://github.com/denex-a-poulose/weather-app.gitcd weather-apppip install -r requirements.txt- Go to OpenWeatherMap API and sign up to get your API key.
- Store your API key in an .env file in the root of the project
WEATHER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here python weather_app.py- Enter the city name in the input field, and press the Get Weather button to retrieve the weather details.
- If you'd like to contribute to the project, feel free to open a pull request or submit an issue.