macOS Applescript Weather

[MrLDarragh]

Hello, I would like to write an applescript that reads out the weather when requested, Im quite new to applescript but can do lots! Can you post some examples for something that reads out weather!

 

[calderone]

Shell script would be a better option. Chances are you would turn to shell in AppleScript anyhow, so why not just use shell?

You can however, combine shell with AppleScript. Here is an example:

Shell script to grab current conditions

#!/bin/bash

curl "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USIL0113&u=f" | grep -E '(Current Conditions:|F<BR)' | sed -e 's/Current Conditions://' -e 's/<br \/>//' -e 's/<b>//' -e 's/<\/b>//' -e 's/<BR \/>//' -e 's/<description>//' -e 's/<\/description>//'

AppleScript that calls the shell script and using say to speak the conditions using the Fred voice

set currentConditions to do shell script "~/bin/custom/weather/scripts/conditions.sh"

say currentConditions using "Fred"

The reason for calling a separate shell script is because escaping all of that in AppleScript is a pain.

 

[MrLDarragh]

Thanks

Shell script would be a better option. Chances are you would turn to shell in AppleScript anyhow, so why not just use shell?

You can however, combine shell with AppleScript. Here is an example:

Shell script to grab current conditions

#!/bin/bash

curl "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USIL0113&u=f" | grep -E '(Current Conditions:|F<BR)' | sed -e 's/Current Conditions://' -e 's/<br \/>//' -e 's/<b>//' -e 's/<\/b>//' -e 's/<BR \/>//' -e 's/<description>//' -e 's/<\/description>//'

AppleScript that calls the shell script and using say to speak the conditions using the Fred voice

set currentConditions to do shell script "~/bin/custom/weather/scripts/conditions.sh"

say currentConditions using "Fred"

The reason for calling a separate shell script is because escaping all of that in AppleScript is a pain.

Thanks but didn't work

 

[mysterytramp]

Try this, best of both worlds:

set weather to "curl " & quote & "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USIL0113&u=f" & quote

set postWeather to "grep -E '(Current Conditions:|F<BR)'"

set forecast to do shell script weather & " | " & postWeather

(characters 1 through -7 of paragraph 2 of forecast) as string

 

[MrLDarragh]

Thanks

Thanks guys,did it now it works as an alarm clock!

 

[calderone]

Try this, best of both worlds:

Thanks for the above.

 

[TylerMullins]

Try this, best of both worlds:

set weather to "curl " & quote & "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USIL0113&u=f" & quote

set postWeather to "grep -E '(Current Conditions:|F<BR)'"

set forecast to do shell script weather & " | " & postWeather

(characters 1 through -7 of paragraph 2 of forecast) as string

This works, but it is not giving me the weather where I live. How do I change this?

 

[ytk]

Move to Bloomington, Illinois.

 

[Ap0ks]

Move to Bloomington, Illinois.

Made me chuckle

Tyler, the documentation you need is here -> Yahoo Weather API, basically you need to alter the URL parameters used in the script to match the town you're after.