1---
2title: "Forecasting with a command"
3description: "Using a single command to get the week's weather forecast"
4author: Amolith
5cover: ../../static/assets/pngs/weather.png
6date: 2018-12-14T21:41:00-04:00
7categories:
8 - Technology
9tags:
10 - CLI
11---
12We 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.
13
14## Celsius
15+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location`
16+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/location/t`
17
18## Fahrenheit
19+ Weather for one week - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location`
20+ Weather for today - `$ curl sky.webionite.com/f/location/t`
21
22A 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:
23```bash
24echo "alias weather='curl sky.webionite.com/f/location'" >> ~/.bashrc
25```
26
27If you ever forget how to use the tool, just run `curl sky.webionite.com` and you'll be given instructions.
28