MMM-MyWeatherForecast

htilburgs

I’ve created a new weather module, named MyWeatherForecast. I wanted a simple weather module, free weather information, and not too much fuss.
It has language support. Currently for Dutch, English, French and German.

I know, it’s one of many, but for me it’s nice and I hope you can enjoy it too!

MMM-MyWeatherForecast

This is a MagicMirror² module for weather information and an optional 4-day forecast.
It only uses the weather information from PirateWeather with a free API.

Installation

Clone this repository in your modules folder, and install dependencies:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/htilburgs/MMM-MyWeatherForecast.git
cd MMM-MyWeatherForecast
npm install

Update

When you need to update this module:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MyWeatherForecast
git pull
npm install

Configuration

Go to the MagicMirror/config directory and edit the config.js file.
Add the module to your modules array in your config.js.

{
        module: "MMM-MyWeatherForecast",
        position: "top_right",
        header: "My WeatherForeCast",
        disabled: false,
        config: {
                apiKey: "PUT_API_KEY_HERE",
                latitude: "PUT_LAT_HERE",
                longitude: "PUT_LON_HERE",
                units: "metric",                // metric or imperial
                showForecast: true,             // Show 4 day forecast
                showLastUpdate: true,           // Show when the data is last updated
                showSunTimes: true,             // Show Sun up and Sun Down information 
                lang: "en",                     // Select language nl, de, en, fr
                updateInterval: 10 * 60 * 1000  //Updates every 10 minutes
                }    
},

To get your latitude and longitude, you can go to https://www.latlong.net/
To get your Pirate Weather API key, you can go to https://pirateweather.net/en/latest/

Versions

v1.0.0 - Initial release

sdetweil

@htilburgs nice

How is it different from https://github.com/b-reich/MMM-PirateSkyForecast

htilburgs

@sdetweil
Hi Sam, I didn’t know of the existence of this module.
I wrote MyWeaterForecast because a lot of other mdules had to much, or I didn’t like the layout, etc…

I’m currently working on IconSets, but that’s it.
Sorry for the resemblance.

sdetweil

@htilburgs said in MMM-MyWeatherForecast:

Sorry for the resemblance.

not to be sorry…

just asking…

KristjanESPERANTO

@htilburgs said in MMM-MyWeatherForecast:

I’ve created a new weather module, named MyWeatherForecast.

Looks nice! 👏 Where are the icons from? I like them.

@htilburgs said in MMM-MyWeatherForecast:

I’m currently working on IconSets, but that’s it.

MMM-OneCallWeather has some icon sets, maybe you can get some inspiration from there: https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-OneCallWeather#icon-sets 🙂

And don’t forget to add it to the module list: https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-party-modules

waynerob11

Got it to work straight away and it is the perfect format that I have been chasing for years, thank you for your input

htilburgs

@waynerob11
Thank you for the nice words. I had the same problem and that is why I decided to write it myself.

htilburgs

@KristjanESPERANTO
The icons came from https://www.flaticon.com/search?word=weather partly clouded night

I will give MMM-OneCallWeather a look for the icons, but I hope I will stay unique.

KristjanESPERANTO

@htilburgs Cool. The icons are licensed under the Flaticon License. This is not a problem for the module, but the license states that you must add an attribution when using the icons. I’m not a lawyer, but I would add a credits section to the README and write there that the icons are from flaticon.com and put a link to it. Since people have taken the trouble to create the icons and make them available for free, that should be not to much to acknowledge their work 🙂

I hope I will stay unique

I think your layout is unique and it looks really good too.

Don’t forget to add it to the module list: https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-party-modules