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package myweb

import (

"bytes"

"io/ioutil"

"net/http"

"net/url"

"github.******.com/WHancock/mylogger"

)

//I return the pointer to http.Request so the caller can make changes 

//like adding headers, or cookies, etc..

type Web struct {

req *http.Request

}

var ERROR = true

var FATAL = false

func New() *Web {

return &Web{}

}

func (w *Web) Get(uri string) (*http.Request, error) {

_, err := url.Parse(uri)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

w.req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", uri, nil)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

return w.req, nil

}

func (w *Web) Post(uri string, payload string) (*http.Request, error) {

_, err := url.Parse(uri)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

pay := bytes.NewBufferString(payload)

w.req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", uri, pay)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

return w.req, nil

}

func (w *Web) Send(req *http.Request, err error) ([]byte, error) {

client := http.Client{}

answer, err := client.Do(w.req)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(answer.Body)

if err != nil {

mylogger.Log(err.Error(), nil)

return nil, err

}

defer answer.Body.Close()

return body, nil

}

package main

import (

  "encoding/json"

 "fmt"

 "io/ioutil"

 "log"

 "net/http"

 "time"

)

const apikey = "GETYOUROWNAPIKEY"

func main() {

 weather := Weather{}

 weather.callWeatherAPI()

 weather.renderWeather()

}

func (w *Weather) renderWeather() {

 var description string

 for _, v := range w.Weather {

  description = v.Description

 }

 fmt.Printf("Currently in %v it is %v degrees with %v and %v percent humidity.\n",

  w.Name, kelvinToFarenheit(w.Main.Temp), description, w.Main.Humidity)

}

func (w *Weather) callWeatherAPI() {

 url := "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?zip=78660,us&appid=" + apikey

 req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

 res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

 if err != nil {

  log.Println(err)

 }

 defer res.Body.Close()

 body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

 w.Body = body

 json.Unmarshal(body, w)

}

func kelvinToFarenheit(k float64) string {

 f := k - 273.15

 f = f * 9 / 5

 f = f + 32

 return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", f)

}

func utot(t int64) string {

 tm := time.Unix(t, 0)

 return tm.Format("Mon Jan 2 2006 15:04:05")

}

// Generated by https://quicktype.io

type Weather struct {

 Coord      Coord            `json:"coord"`

 Weather    []WeatherElement `json:"weather"`

 Base       string           `json:"base"`

 Main       Main             `json:"main"`

 Visibility int64            `json:"visibility"`

 Wind       Wind             `json:"wind"`

 Clouds     Clouds           `json:"clouds"`

 Dt         int64            `json:"dt"`

 Sys        Sys              `json:"sys"`

 Timezone   int64            `json:"timezone"`

 ID         int64            `json:"id"`

 Name       string           `json:"name"`

 Cod        int64            `json:"cod"`

 Body       []byte

}

type Clouds struct {

 All int64 `json:"all"`

}

type Coord struct {

 Lon float64 `json:"lon"`

 Lat float64 `json:"lat"`

}

type Main struct {

 Temp     float64 `json:"temp"`

 Pressure int64   `json:"pressure"`

 Humidity int64   `json:"humidity"`

 TempMin  float64 `json:"temp_min"`

 TempMax  float64 `json:"temp_max"`

}

type Sys struct {

 Type    int64  `json:"type"`

 ID      int64  `json:"id"`

 Country string `json:"country"`

 Sunrise int64  `json:"sunrise"`

 Sunset  int64  `json:"sunset"`

}

type WeatherElement struct {

 ID          int64  `json:"id"`

 Main        string `json:"main"`

 Description string `json:"description"`

 Icon        string `json:"icon"`

}

type Wind struct {

 Speed float64 `json:"speed"`

 Deg   int64   `json:"deg"`

}

/*

{"coord":{"lon":-97.63,"lat":30.44},

"weather":[{"id":800,"main":"Clear","description":"clear sky","icon":"01n"}],

"base":"stations","main":{"temp":283.59,"pressure":1020,"humidity":58,"temp_min":280.37,

"temp_max":285.93},"visibility":16093,"wind":{"speed":2.62,"deg":166},

"clouds":{"all":1},"dt":1573955856,"sys":{"type":1,"id":3344,"country":"US",

"sunrise":1573909033,"sunset":1573947214},"timezone":-21600,"id":0,

"name":"Pflugerville","cod":200}

*/