waybar-weather

A simple weather module for Waybar based on data from OpenWeatherMap that also comes with a handy CLI.

Preview

Usage

Initial Steps

1. Obtain a valid API key from OpenWeatherMap (the free tier is enough)
2. Change the API_KEY variable in the script to your API key
3. Get the coordinates of the place you want to receive the data for by running ./weather.py geocoding <city[,state][,country]> with an appropriate search term, e.g. ./weather.py geocoding London,CA for London, Canada.
4. Change the LATITUDE and LONGITUDE variables in the script to the values received in the previous step

CLI

The available subcommands for CLI usage, besides the already discussed geocoding are:

• current: information about current weather conditions
• forecast[-daily]: forecast data for the next ~5 days, daily
• forecast-detail: forecast data for the next ~5 days in 3h intervals

Sample usage: ./weather.py current

Waybar Integration

To integrate the weather widget with Waybar, create a custom module:

"custom/weather": {
  "exec": "~/.config/waybar/weather.py waybar",
  "restart-interval": 900,
  "return-type": "json",
},

Remember to change the path to the weather.py script specified within the exec field.

Then, include the custom/weather module in your desired module list.

By default, the module will display the current weather category and temperature in the bar. When hovering the mouse over the widget, a tooltip will pop up with detailed information about the current weather and a forecast for the next ~5 days.

The colors used within the widget and tooltip may be changed in the weather.py script in order to match your colorscheme.