This technically isn't fully a Python-related question, but I couldn't find a better place to post it than here. I'm just curious about how to get/update weather information from the internet... like say that sidebar gadget in Vista that updates the weather and temperature from some online-source. The problem is, I have no clue where/how this is obtained. I just wanted to integrate it into a Python app, and if anyone knows anything about this and could get me pointed in the right direction that would be amazing. Thanks! :D
shadwickman 159 Posting Pro in Training
lllllIllIlllI 178 Veteran Poster
I did something exactly like this when learning python. I would get the rain radar and the forecast for numerous places. The way i did this was i would download an image from the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia, then i would download the webpage with my forecast on it, scrape away all the tags and then i would get the text i wanted from that.
So www.bom.gov.au works if your in Australia. Not sure about other places, but im sure that there would be something readily available.
shadwickman 159 Posting Pro in Training
Ah, I found the government site for Canada and such, and they actually have the cities' weather information available through XML files, so I was able to parse that to get the info I wanted. Thanks for getting me started there! I hadn't though about the .gov site and such.
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