Rain Alert Notifier

• This project is part of the "100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp for 2023" course by Dr. Angela Yu.

Weather Notification Script Overview

• Purpose:

  • Developed a Python script to provide weather notifications based on forecast data from OpenWeatherMap API and send alerts via Twilio's WhatsApp API when rain is expected.

• API Integration:

  • Integrated the OpenWeatherMap API (api.openweathermap.org) to fetch weather forecast data by specifying latitude (lat) and longitude (lon) coordinates.

• Weather Condition Check:

  • Implemented a check within the script to iterate through forecasted weather data (weather_data["list"]) and determine if any condition codes ("weather"[0]["id"]) indicate potential rain (conditions with code < 700).
  • Here you can find out why i used > 700 for weather code https://openweathermap.org/weather-conditions

• Twilio Integration:

  • Utilized Twilio's REST API (twilio.rest.Client) to facilitate sending WhatsApp messages (client.messages.create) to notify users about impending rain conditions.

• Title and Description:

  • Clearly stated the purpose of the script and its functionality.

• Prerequisites:

  • Listed the necessary prerequisites such as Python installation and required Python libraries (requests, twilio).

Replace placeholders in the script:

• Replace --key-- with your OpenWeatherMap API key.
• Replace --sid-id-- with your Twilio Account SID.
• Replace --auth-token-- with your Twilio Auth Token.
• Replace --sandbox_number-- with your Twilio WhatsApp sandbox number.
• Replace --ur_number-- with your WhatsApp number.

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