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https://github.com/techgaun/darkskyx

A Darksky.net (formerly forecast.io) weather API client for Elixir
https://github.com/techgaun/darkskyx

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A Darksky.net (formerly forecast.io) weather API client for Elixir

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# Darkskyx

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> A Darksky.net weather api client for Elixir

As of March 31, 2020, Darksky has been [acquired by Apple](https://blog.darksky.net/) and the API will continue to function through the end of 2021.

## Installation

The package can be installed as:

Add `darkskyx` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
[{:darkskyx, "~> 1.0"}]
end
```

Ensure `darkskyx` is started before your application:

```elixir
def application do
[applications: [:darkskyx]]
end
```

## Usage

You can use darkskyx to perform forecast as well as time machine request. You will need to configure the darksky api key properly.

### configuration

The simplest would be to set darksky api key as below:

```shell
export DARKSKY_API_KEY=
```

Now, in your config.exs (or environment specific configuration), add the config block to configure Darkskyx. You can pass keyword list of `units`, `lang`, `excludes` and `extends` for the `defaults` config block which will be used to override the global default configuration. The default configuration is to use `units: auto` and `lang: en`. On top of the default configuration, you can also override the default configuration per request by passing the `%Darkskyx{}` struct configured to your liking.

```elixir
config :darkskyx, api_key: System.get_env("DARKSKY_API_KEY"),
defaults: [
units: "us",
lang: "en"
]
```

### Examples

```elixir
Darkskyx.forecast(41.032, -94.234)

Darkskyx.forecast(41.043, -93.23432, %Darkskyx{lang: "ar"})

Darkskyx.forecast(41.032, -94.234, %Darkskyx{exclude: "daily,hourly"})

Darkskyx.time_machine(41.043, -93.23432, 13432423)

Darkskyx.time_machine(41.043, -93.23432, 13432423, %Darkskyx{lang: "ar", units: "si"})

Darkskyx.current(37, -94)

Darkskyx.current(37, -94, %Darkskyx{lang: "ar"})
```

This package only performs API call and asks consumer of this package
to perform things such as handling rate-limiting.

### Change on v1.0

All the raw api calls except `Darkskyx.current` and `Darkskyx.forecast`
now return headers for success calls like: `{:ok, body, headers}`
This gives flexibility for API consumer to handle things such as
rate limiting based on the headers.

## Author

- [Samar Acharya](https://github.com/techgaun)

## License

- See [License](LICENSE) for more details.