dfyockey / lwnws

Utility to provide current local weather information for a given latitude and longitude based on U.S. National Weather Service data

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Finished the first iteration of lwnws, a utility to provide current local weather information for a given latitude and longitude based on U.S. National Weather Service data. The motivation for the project was to provide weather info for use with conky. It has a number issues concerning enhancements to add. Contributions to resolving issues and/or submissions of new issues suggesting enhancements, pointing out bugs, etc are welcome.

lwnws's Issues

--lat and --lon option requirements

Suggested improvement for usability:
Make use of the --lat option require use of the --lon option, and vice versa.

--json option format

Suggested improvement for consistency and usability:
Modify the output of the --json option so the JSON data in a more human-readable form similar to the output of the --rawjson option.

Need Improved Error Logging

The following error was logged yesterday: 2023-04-24 13:02:09.210917 — Runtime Error : syntax error. This log entry provides insufficient information to determine the origin of the error. A stack trace needs to be added to each log entry.

Output Configurability

Providing the ability to select the output of particular values, their units, their arrangement, and their spacing would greatly improve usability.

Blank Output and Need for Error Logging

At one point today, no output was provided for display. This has previously been caused by faulty handling of missing or erroneous values in the data provided by the NWS API, resulting in an exception being thrown. The display returned too quickly to ascertain the exact error in an IDE, apparently due to a change in the incoming data.

To catch this and other errors occurring in the future, error logging needs to be added to the program.