🌤️ Weather API Integration with Python

A command-line Python application that fetches and displays real-time weather information for any specified city using the OpenWeatherMap API.
This project demonstrates clean API integration, JSON data parsing, and graceful error handling in Python.

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🚀 Features

• 🔗 API Integration – Makes GET requests to OpenWeatherMap using the requests library
• 📊 Weather Metrics – Displays:
  • Temperature (°C/°F)
  • Feels Like
  • Humidity
  • Weather Description
  • Sunrise & Sunset (Local Time)
  • Wind Speed
• 🛡️ Error Handling – Gracefully handles invalid city names or failed responses
• 🧑‍💻 User Interaction – Accepts city name input from the user dynamically

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🛠️ Prerequisites

• Python ≥ 3.6
• requests library

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/Avnish1447/weather-api-integration.git
   cd weather-api-integration

2. Install Dependencies

   pip install requests

3. Get an API Key

   • Sign up at OpenWeatherMap
   • Create a file named api_key (no extension) in the project directory and paste your API key into it

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📈 Usage

Run the script from your terminal:

python weather_app.py

You'll be prompted to enter the name of a city. The app fetches and displays current weather info.

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🧪 Example Output

Enter the name of the city: Mumbai
City: Mumbai
Temperature: 32.99°C / 91.38°F
Feels Like: 38.79°C / 101.82°F
Humidity: 58%
Weather: Smoke
Sunrise (local time): 05:12:34
Sunset (local time): 20:45:21
Wind Speed: 4.12 m/s

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📁 Project Structure

weather-api-integration/
├── weather_app.py       # Main application logic
├── api_key              # Your personal OpenWeatherMap API key (not shared)
├── requirements.txt     # Python dependencies
└── README.md            # Project documentation

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a new branch

   git checkout -b feature-name

3. Make changes and commit

   git commit -m "Add: Feature Description"

4. Push your branch and open a Pull Request

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🪪 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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📬 Contact

📧 [email protected]
Feel free to reach out for collaboration, questions, or feedback!