Weatherly

🌤️ Weather App with Colorful Output and ASCII Art 🌈

Overview

This Python script fetches weather data from the OpenWeatherMap API and displays it in a beautiful format using dynamic ASCII art. The output includes colorful weather stats, including temperature, humidity, and wind speed, and is formatted with random ASCII styles such as figlet or cowsay/cowthink. This provides a fun and visually appealing way to check the weather.

Features

• 🌍 Fetches weather data using the OpenWeatherMap API.
• ☁️ Displays the weather stats in a clean, readable format, including:
  • 🌡️ Temperature (in Fahrenheit)
  • 💧 Humidity
  • 🌬️ Wind Speed
• 🎨 Dynamic ASCII Art: Displays the word "Weather" in a random style using:
  • figlet with a random font from available fonts.
  • cowsay/cowthink with random characters (like cow, dragon, tux, moose, and hellokitty).
• 🌈 Colorful Output: Weather stats are shown in bright colors for clarity.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Python modules: requests, subprocess, os, and random
• External utilities: figlet, cowsay, cowthink

Optional:

• Install figlet and cowsay for full functionality:
  • On Ubuntu/Debian:

    sudo apt install figlet cowsay

  • On macOS (using Homebrew):

    brew install figlet cowsay

  • On Arch Linux:

    sudo pacman -S figlet cowsay

Installation

1. Clone or download the repository to your local machine.

2. Install Python dependencies (if not already installed):

   pip install requests

3. Ensure figlet and cowsay are installed for full functionality (if they aren't already installed on your system).

Usage

1. Run the script:

   python weather_app.py

2. Enter the city name when prompted to get the current weather for that city.

   Example:

   Enter city name: London
   

3. The weather information will be displayed in a colorful format, with ASCII art at the top.

Sample Output:

  _       __     __         _
 / |      \ \   / /  _   _  | |
 | |     __\ \_/ /__| |_| | | |
 | |    / __   _/ __|     | | |
 |_|   /_/  \_/\__  \____/  |_|      
Weather Stats for London, GB:
Description: Light rain
Temperature : 55.9 °F
Humidity: 72%
Wind Speed: 4.56 mph