Project_11

🌦️ Project 11: Weather App (API)

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📖 Overview

This project is a Weather App CLI that fetches real-time weather data from WeatherAPI.
It demonstrates:

• 🌐 API integration in Python.
• 🔑 Using environment variables (.env) for security.
• 📊 Displaying weather details like temperature, wind, humidity, and conditions.

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Search weather by city or location.
• 🌡️ Shows current temperature & feels-like values.
• 🌬️ Displays wind speed and humidity.
• ☁️ Provides weather description (e.g., "Cloudy", "Rainy").
• 🔑 Secure API key management with dotenv.

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⚙️ Tech Stack

• Python 3.x
• Requests – For HTTP requests
• python-dotenv – For secure API keys
• WeatherAPI – Data provider

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🚀 Setup & Installation

1. Clone the project folder:

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/Project_11_Weather_App.git
   cd Project_11_Weather_App

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install requests python-dotenv

3. Get a free API key from WeatherAPI.

4. Create a .env file in the project root:

   API_KEY=your_weatherapi_key_here

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▶️ Usage

Run the app:

python weather_app.py

Example:

Enter Location: Kolkata
Weather of Kolkata, West Bengal
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Temp: 30   °C  | Feels: 33   °C |
Wind: 12   km/h|
Humidity: 78%  | description: Partly cloudy

To quit, enter:

Enter Location: q

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📂 Project Structure

Project_11_Weather_App/
│── README.md
│── weather_app.py
│── .env.example

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🧠 Learning Takeaway

• ✅ Use APIs to get real-world data.
• ✅ Always keep API keys secret with .env.
• ✅ Handle status codes and possible API errors gracefully.

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