1---
2layout: post
3title: "Forecasting with a command"
4tags: minimalism cli
5cover: /assets/weather.png
6description: "Using a single command to get the week's weather forecast"
7date: 2018-12-14 21:41
8---
9We all love the CLI *(and if we don't, we should)* so wouldn't it be great if there was a tool to see your weather forecast with a single command? Ceda EI at <a href="https://webionite.com" target="_blank">webionite.com</a> has written a tool that uses the Dark Sky API to give you the forecast for a day or week, at your location, and in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
10
11## Celsius
12+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location`
13+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location/t`
14
15## Fahrenheit
16+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location`
17+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location/t`
18
19A great way to make this faster and simpler is to put an alias in your shell's `rc` file. For bash, you can do that with:
20```
21echo "alias weather='curl sky.webionite.com/f/location'" >> ~/.bashrc
22```
23If you ever forget how to use the tool, just run `curl sky.webionite.com` and you'll be given instructions.
24