And here we go again...
Today I have another component for you which is a bit more than a simple component. For JavaOne I've created a Weather widget which I used for Anton Epple's and mine "Hack your brush" session and I thought some of you might be interested in the code for that widget.
ATTENTION:
To get the weather widget running you will need an API key for Dark Sky and for MapQuest. Both vendors offer a free plan with limited no of requests per day.
Here are the links to get your API key:
The Dark Sky key is needed to get the weather information for a given location (defined by latitude and longitude) and the MapQuest key is needed to geo code and reverse geo code addresses and locations (in case you don't know the latitude and longitude of your location). If you know the latitude and longitude of your location you won't need the MapQuest key. In this case you can create a Location object as follows:
Location home = new Location(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, "Home");
If you don't add the the name string for your location the app will try to lookup the name of the city by using the mapquest reverse geocoding feature.
In the current version you need to set bot API keys as environment variables on your system in order to get WeatherFX running. You could also replace the code in the ApiKeys class with the following snippet to get it running:
Current version:
public class ApiKeys {
public static final Optional<String> DARK_SKY_API_KEY = Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("DARK_SKY_API_KEY"));
public static final Optional<String> MAPQUEST_API_KEY = Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("MAPQUEST_API_KEY"));
}
Modified version:
public class ApiKeys {
public static final String DARK_SKY_API_KEY = YOUR_DARK_SKY_KEY;
public static final String MAPQUEST_API_KEY = YOUR_MAP_QUEST_KEY;
}
If you change the code in the ApiKeys class you also have to replace all calls in DarkSky.java and GeoCode.java from
DARK_SKY_API_KEY.get() and MAPQUEST_API_KEY.get()
to
DARK_SKY_API_KEY and MAPQUEST_API_KEY
So I've stripped the WeatherFX stuff out of the demo and now I'm able to give it to you. Here is what it looks like...
The following data will be shown:
- City name (either set manual or reverse geocoded)
- Date and current time
- Current weather condition
- Current temperature
- Current pressure
- Current humidity
- Current windspeed
- Weather forecast for the next 5 days incl. Weather condition, min- and max-temperature
But there is much more information in the response, I only show a little part of it to avoid overloading the UI. The information that is available can be found at
The weather will automatically be updated every 15 minutes from the Location class and the free developer API key from Dark Sky allows you to request the weather information 1000x each day which should be more than enough.
The background of the panel can be styled by adjusting the -fx-background-color setting in the .weather-panel selector in the weatherfx.css file.
The WeatherPanel is the main widget that you can use your JavaFX application. Instead of using existing icons like the WeatherIcons from Ikonli I've decided to create my own icons. This icons are Regions that will be styled using CSS.
I see this widget as a little demo that shows how to create a weather widget but because I just created it for a demo there is a lot of room for improvements :)
Feel free to fork the code as always on github.
That's it for today...keep coding...
