Third-party APIs allow developers like me to access their data and functionality by making requests with specific parameters to a URL. I'll often be tasked with retrieving data from another application's API and using it in the context of my own. I built a weather dashboard that runs in the browser and features dynamically updated HTML and CSS.
I'm using the OpenWeather One Call API to retrieve weather data for cities. I set up an account with an API key and read through the documentation. And I'm using localStorage to store persistent data.
I deployed the webapp on Github Pages. The URL to the repo is https://github.com/mjamesd/wk6-weather-dashboard.
AS A traveler
I WANT to see the weather outlook for multiple cities
SO THAT I can plan a trip accordingly
GIVEN a weather dashboard with form inputs
WHEN I search for a city
THEN I am presented with current and future conditions for that city and that city is added to the search history
WHEN I view current weather conditions for that city
THEN I am presented with the city name, the date, an icon representation of weather conditions, the temperature, the humidity, the wind speed, and the UV index
WHEN I view the UV index
THEN I am presented with a color that indicates whether the conditions are favorable, moderate, or severe
WHEN I view future weather conditions for that city
THEN I am presented with a 5-day forecast that displays the date, an icon representation of weather conditions, the temperature, the wind speed, and the humidity
WHEN I click on a city in the search history
THEN I am again presented with current and future conditions for that city
I was given the following image which shows the web application's appearance and functionality:
