README.rst

python-yr

Library for the norwegian weather service YR.no in Python.

Install (easiest way)

pip3 install python-yr

Usage

from yr.libyr import Yr

weather = Yr(location_name='Norge/Telemark/Skien/Skien')
now = weather.now(as_json=True)

print(now)

This returns

{
    "@from": "2014-06-04T08:00:00",
    "@to": "2014-06-04T12:00:00",
    "@period": "1",
    "symbol": {
        "@number": "3",
        "@numberEx": "3",
        "@name": "Partly cloudy",
        "@var": "03d"
    },
    "precipitation": {
        "@value": "0",
        "@minvalue": "0",
        "@maxvalue": "0.1"
    },
    "windDirection": {
        "@deg": "159.4",
        "@code": "SSE",
        "@name": "South-southeast"
    },
    "windSpeed": {
        "@mps": "1.3",
        "@name": "Light air"
    },
    "temperature": {
        "@unit": "celsius",
        "@value": "13"
    },
    "pressure": {
        "@unit": "hPa",
        "@value": "1012.1"
    }
}

For more usage examples visit folder examples or project wiki

Pull requests

Please everyone involved to generate demands and plans (pull requests), so we could set targets for next version 1.5 ;)

Branches

• develop, the main (default) branch for development on GitHub
• master, branch for the stable release published on PyPi
• python2, branch with support for Python2
• csv-support, branch with support for CSV export forecasts
• ...