A project I have worked on for an interview at GBET, then used as my master's thesis in University, and my first project that had unit tests.

Using the OpenWeatherMap API at http://openweathermap.org/current, create a program that prompts for a city name and returns the current temperature for the city.

Example Output Where are you? Chicago IL Chicago weather: 65 degrees Fahrenheit

Constraint

• Keep the processing of the weather feed separate from the part of your program that displays the results.

Challenges

• The API gives the sunrise and sunset times, as well as the humidity and a description of the weather. Display that data in a meaningful way.
• The API gives the wind direction in degrees. Convert it to words such as “North,” “West,” “South,” “Southwest,” or even “South-southwest.”
• Develop a scheme that lets the weather program tell you what kind of day it is. If it’s 70 degrees and clear skies, say that it’s a nice day out!
• Display the temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
• Based on the information, determine if the person needs a coat or an umbrella.

Use .NET 5, C#, Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition

Can use either ConsoleApp or ASP.NET WebApi

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.http.httpclient?view=net-5.0

In the WeatherAPI folder, create a file called appsettings.json with the following text:

{
  "OpenWeatherAPIRequest": {
    "isEnabled": false,
    "weatherAPIUrl": "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=",
    "options": "&units=imperial&appid=",
    "apiKey": ""
  }
}

Create an account for the free version of OpenWeatherMap and fill in the blank API key with your own api key, so the field looks like the following:

"isEnabled": true,
[...]
"apikey": "yourapikey123"

In the appsettings.json, the values weatherAPIUrl, options and apiKey are combined together to form a link. An example link would be http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=&units=imperial&appid=apikey123 format, with "apikey123" being replaced by a proper api key. If the setting "isEnabled" is set to false, the app will use a default location and weather, and then process the settings based on that.

(More to be added)