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bejblade/openweather
====================

A PHP library for interacting with the OpenWeather API.

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OpenWeather API PHP Library
===========================

[](#openweather-api-php-library)

A PHP library for interacting with the OpenWeather API, providing tools for retrieving and processing weather data, including forecasts, current conditions, and historical data.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Support for free OpenWeather API endpoints (including One Call API):
    - Current weather data
    - 5-day/3-hour forecast
    - One Call API (current, hourly, and daily forecast)
    - Historical weather data

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the library via Composer:

```
composer require bejblade/openweather
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The `Config` class is used to manage global settings for the library. You can set following options:

- `api_key` (Required): Your OpenWeather API key.
- `language`: Language for API responses (default 'en').
- `date_format`: Date format used in dates of API data. PHP date format for displaying dates (default 'd/m/Y').
- `time_format`: Time format used in dates of API data. PHP date format for displaying time (default 'H:i').
- `timezone`: Some data from the API is returned only in the UTC timezone. Set this option to convert the data to your selected timezone. PHP supported timezone (default 'UTC')
- `units`: Units for temperature and measure, API data will be recieved in this format. (default metric)
    - `metric`: Celsius/Metric
    - `imperial`: Fahrenheit/Imperial
    - `standard`: Kelvin/Metric

Some of the options can be set in .env file:

- `api_key`: `OPENWEATHER_API_KEY`,
- `language`: `OPENWEATHER_LANGUAGE`

By default, only `api_key` is required, other options will be loaded with default settings.

Basic setup
-----------

[](#basic-setup)

```
use Bejblade\OpenWeather\OpenWeather;

// Initialize OpenWeather API with Your API key using default configuration
$api = new OpenWeather(['api_key' => 'your_api_key']);
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use Bejblade\OpenWeather\OpenWeather;

$api = new OpenWeather(['api_key' => 'your_api_key']);

// First initialize location object
$location = $api->findLocationByName('London');

// Fetch weather data
$weather = $api->getWeather($location);

echo 'Current weather in ' . $location->getName() .': '. $weather->getDescription();
echo 'Temperature: ' . $weather->temperature()->get().'°'.$weather->temperature()->getUnits();

if($location->getWeather()->isRaining()) // You can also access weather through location objects
    echo "It's raining";
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~4 days

Total

4

Last Release

462d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3da841b769be75e1eabbd61e9198280c84589d13f53b7ffe80e0feca62b4f13e?d=identicon)[szymongalaska](/maintainers/szymongalaska)

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Top Contributors

[![szymongalaska](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39703877?v=4)](https://github.com/szymongalaska "szymongalaska (83 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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