Forecast.io died and I needed a weather monitor replacement
php,composer
Note:
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Requires GeekTool, which can be downloaded from https://www.tynsoe.org/geektool/
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Requires a weather API key from https://weatherapi.com
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Register App for use at weatherapi.com
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Generate your API key
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Paste your API key into the weather.php script $OPTIONS, near the top
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Open GeekTool
- Drag new 'Shell' Geeklet to your desktop
- Paste the following line into the Shell Command:
/path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php
Note:
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The following command can show you the path to your php install:
which php -
Set the command to run every 3,600 seconds
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Set Timeout to something such as 20 seconds
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Check Display status feedback image
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In your terminal, run
/path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.phpto generate the weather display, if necessary or to test
Note:
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This only applies if you chose to not do method 1
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Create a cron entry in your system for the weather script to run:
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In your terminal, run
crontab -e -
Paste the following into your crontab:
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0 * * * * /path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php -
Ensure your terminal has full disk access if issues are encountered
Note:
- Full disk access for your terminal should not be necessary, as it has not been during my testing
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Drag new 'Image' Geeklet to your desktop
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Set local path to:
/path/to/jWeather/out.png -
Resize the 'Image' window to desired size by dragging the bottom right corner
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Set to run every every 2 seconds or no more than 3600 seconds
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At this point, you should be set!
Any Mac system that has php installed
- You can change size of font in weather.php, along with other settings
- You may need to run
/path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.phpto see those changes immediately
https://github.com/jadissa/jWeather/issues
