Get the weather feed!
I am trying to find a way to customize my desktop with cool things, but I cannot really find any that suits me. So I guessed I would just make mine!
My interest of the day is the weather.
As you know a lot of us rely on weather.com to get an accurate weather forecast (if you know any please tell)
Lucky for us, the weather forecast allow people who know where to look to get their own forecast feeds! Just use
http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/your location?
ie if you were in Toronto like me, it would be http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/CAXX0504?
This would give you something like a small xml feed! You may now integrate anywhere, or parse it at wish for more fun purposes.
But what is this question mark? hehe you noticed! you can actually pass on some parameter to weather.com for you to get the info you need:
cc = current conditions
dayf = n (max of 10) – number of days forecast
unit = (s for standard, m for metric)
hbhf = hour-by-hour forecast maximum of 24
This known, I am not sure what they mean with the copyright included in the feed :
This document is intended only for use by authorized licensees of The Weather Channel. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Copyright 1995-2005, The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
