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import requests
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
# Load your API key from .env file
load_dotenv()
API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENWEATHER_API_KEY")
def get_weather(city):
"""
Fetch weather for the given city and print it nicely.
"""
# 1. Create the API endpoint URL
url = "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather"
# 2. Set query parameters
params = {
"q": city,
"appid": API_KEY,
"units": "metric" # temperature in Celsius
}
# 3. Make the request
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
# 4. Parse JSON
data = response.json()
#print(data)
# 5. Extract key info
city_name = data["name"]
temp = data["main"]["temp"]
humidity = data["main"]["humidity"]
description = data["weather"][0]["description"]
# 6. Print
return f"In {city_name}, it is {temp}°C with humidity {humidity} and {description}."
if __name__ == "__main__":
city = input("Please enter the city for which you would like to fetch the weather : ")
get_weather(city)