Secure Data Links Open Weather Adaptor

This adaptor allows nodes to support the Open Weather API (https://openweathermap.org/api). It was built using the Chainlink NodeJS Template available at https://github.com/thodges-gh/CL-EA-NodeJS-Template.

Setup

Install and Zip

npm install

zip -r open-weather-ea.zip

Docker

docker build . -t openweatheradaptor
docker run --name openweatheradaptor -p 5000:80 -e PORT=80 -e API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> openweatheradaptor

This will run the adapter at http://localhost:5000.

Install to AWS Lambda

• In Lambda Functions, create function
• On the Create function page:
  • Give the function a name
  • Use Node.js 8.10 for the runtime
  • Choose an existing role or create a new one
  • Click Create Function
• Under Function code, select "Upload a .zip file" from the Code entry type drop-down
• Click Upload and select the open-weather-ea.zip file
• Handler should remain index.handler
• Add the environment variable (repeat for all environment variables):
  • Key: API_KEY
  • Value: Your_API_key
• Save

Install to GCP

• In Functions, create a new function, choose to ZIP upload
• Click Browse and select the open-weather-ea.zip file
• Select a Storage Bucket to keep the zip in
• Function to execute: gcpservice
• Click More, Add variable (repeat for all environment variables)
  • NAME: API_KEY
  • VALUE: Your_API_key

Parameters

The following API endpoints are supported with the related parameters. Note CityId is a ID specific to the Open Weather API. To Find the CityID for any city, visit http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz

• Current Weather Data

  • Endpoint: weather
  • Params
    • CityId: The City ID to get data for

• Forcasted Weather Data

  • Endpoint: forecast
  • Params
    • CityId: The City ID to get data for
    • Days: The number of days to get data for (up to 5 days)

The following premium API endpoints are also supported

• Forcasted Weather Data (Hourly)

  • Endpoint: forecast/hourly
  • Params
    • CityId: The City ID to get data for
    • Days: The number of days to get data for (up to 4 days)

• Forcasted Weather Data (16 Days)

  • Endpoint: forecast/daily
  • Params
    • CityId: The City ID to get data for
    • Days: The number of days to get data for (up to 16 days)

• Climate Forecast Weather Data (Month)

  • Endpoint: climate/monthly
  • Params
    • CityId: The City ID to get data for

Testing

API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> npm test