CZWeatherKit

:partly_sunny: A Simple Cocoa Weather Library.

Description

CZWeatherKit is a simple, extensible weather library for iOS, tvOS, and OS X that allows for easy fetching of weather data from various weather services.

Code Quality Rank: L4

Programming language: Objective-C

License: MIT License

Tags: API     Weather     Third-party APIs    

Latest version: v2.2.7

README

Deprecated, consider using Jupiter instead.

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CZWeatherKit is a simple, extensible weather library for iOS, tvOS, and OS X that allows for easy fetching of weather data from various weather services.

What's New in v2.2.7

Features

• tvOS Support*.
• Caching Support.
• Support for historical and hourly data.
• Request batching when using a weather service.
• Improved request management when sending frequent requests.
• Addition of more data, including humidity, wind speed, and more.

*Note: Features requiring MapKit are unsupported with tvOS.

Getting Started

CocoaPods

Add the following to your Podfile:

    pod "CZWeatherKit"

Usage

Included in this project is a Swift playground, CZWeatherKit.playground, that will let you play around with CZOpenWeatherMapRequest. However if you're as lazy as I am, here are some code snippets to get you started:

Wunderground

Getting Current Conditions, Obj-C

#import <CZWeatherKit/CZWeatherKit.h>

CZWundergroundRequest *request = [CZWundergroundRequest newConditionsRequest];
request.location = [CZWeatherLocation locationFromCity:@"Seattle" state:@"WA"];
request.key = @"wundergroundApiKey";
[request sendWithCompletion:^(CZWeatherData *data, NSError *error) {
    CZWeatherCurrentCondition *condition = data.current;
    // dreams come true here
}];

Getting Forecast Conditions, Swift

import CZWeatherKit

let request = CZWundergroundRequest.newForecastRequest()
request.location = CZWeatherLocation(fromCity: "Seattle", state: "WA")
request.key = "wundergroundApiKey"
request.sendWithCompletion { (data, error) -> Void in
    if let weather = data {
        for forecast in weather.dailyForecasts {
            // dreams come true here
        }
    }
}

OpenWeatherMap

Getting Current Conditions, Obj-C

#import <CZWeatherKit/CZWeatherKit.h>

CZOpenWeatherMap *request = [CZOpenWeatherMapRequest newCurrentRequest];
request.location = [CZWeatherLocation locationFromCity:@"Seattle" state:@"WA"];
[request sendWithCompletion:^(CZWeatherData *data, NSError *error) {
    CZWeatherCurrentCondition *condition = data.current;
    // dreams come true here
}];

Getting Forecast Conditions, Swift

import CZWeatherKit

let request = CZOpenWeatherMapRequest.newDailyForecastRequestForDays(3)
request.location = CZWeatherLocation(fromCity: "Seattle", state: "WA")
request.sendWithCompletion { (data, error) -> Void in
    if let weather = data {
        for forecast in weather.dailyForecasts {
            // dreams come true here
        }
    }
}

Using a Weather Service

A weather service allows for the dispatching of weather data requests and allows for more fine-grained control over how requests are handled as opposed to the interface provided by CZWeatherDataRequest. An ideal use case for a weather service is powering a weather app.

import CZWeatherKit

let service = CZWeatherService()
request = CZOpenWeatherMapRequest.newCurrentRequest()
request.location = CZWeatherLocation(fromCity: "Seattle", state: "WA")
service.dispatchRequest(request, completion: { (data, error) -> Void in
    if let weather = data {
        // dreams come true here
    }
})

Supported Weather APIs

CZWeatherKit currently supports the following weather services:

• Weather Underground
• Open Weather Map
• Forecast.io
• World Weather Online : World Weather Online support hasn't made its way into 2.0 yet; there is an outstanding issue for adding support. To give me a sense of how important this is to users, please leave a +1 in the comments of the issue if you need this feature.

Climacons

CZWeatherKit supports Climacons out of the box. The Climacons Font is a font set created by Adam Whitcroft featuring weather icons.

Architecture

Core	Description
CZWeatherService	Asyncronously dispatches requests, caches responses, and simplifies key management when making frequent API calls.
CZPINWeatherDataCache	An implementation of the CZWeatherDataCache protocol that uses PINCache for caching weather data.

Model Type	Description
CZWeatherLocation	Represents a location to retrieve weather data for.
CZWeatherData	Top-level container for all other weather data.
CZWeatherCurrentCondition	Contains data for current conditions.
CZWeatherForecastCondition	Contains data for a day's forecasted conditions.
CZWeatherHourlyCondition	Contains data for an hour's conditions.
CZWeatherRequest	The abstract base class for all request classes.
CZWundergroundRequest	Used for calling the Wunderground API.
CZOpenWeatherMapRequest	Used for calling the OpenWeatherMap API.
CZForecastioRequest	Used for calling the Forecast.io API.
CZWorldWeatherOnlineRequest	Used for calling the World Weather Online API.

API Type	Description
CZWundergroundAPI	Wunderground API class.
CZOpenWeatherMapAPI	OpenWeatherMap API class.
CZForecastioAPI	Forecastio API class.
CZWorldWeatherOnlineAPI	WorldWeatherOnline API class.

Protocols	Description
CZWeatherAPI	The protocol for weather API classes.
CZWeatherDataCache	The protocol for a cache used by a CZWeatherService.

Headers	Description
CZClimacons	Contains mappings for Climacons to chars.
CZWeatherKitTypes	Contains varions type definitions.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to the development of CZWeatherKit, please take care to follow the style conventions and please include unit tests in your pull request.

For feature requests or general questions, feel free to post an issue.

Contributers

• Comyar Zaheri, @comyar
• Eli Perkins, @eliperkins
• Seb Jachec, @sebj
• Seth Sandler @cerupcat
• Alexandre Perez @awph
• @ferhoodle
• @tobiaghiraldini