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owenandrews/willyweather-php
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A PHP client for WillyWeathers's v2 API.

v0.1.0(9y ago)027MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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willyweather-php
================

[](#willyweather-php)

A PHP client for WillyWeathers's v2 API.

**Note: This is not an official library, nor is it fully featured.**

Requirments
-----------

[](#requirments)

- PHP 7 or newer
- [A WillyWeather API key](http://www.willyweather.com.au/info/api.html)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require owenandrews/willyweather-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Get a location

[](#get-a-location)

Retrieve basic information for a given location ID.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$sydney = $willyWeather->location(4950);
$sydney->getName();
```

### Get forecast and observational data

[](#get-forecast-and-observational-data)

Retrieve a location's basic forecast and observational data.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$sydney = $willyWeather->location(4950);
$sydney->getForecasts();
$sydney->getObservational();
```

### Get custom forecast data

[](#get-custom-forecast-data)

By default, only the basic 7 day weather forecast is returned. To override this, just add an array of forecast types to the function call. Check out the [API documentation](http://www.willyweather.com/api/docs/v2.html) for all available forecast types. Keep in mind you must enable each forecast type for your API key, otherwise the request will fail.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$sydney = $willyWeather->location(4950);
$sydney->getForecasts(["forecasts" => ["temperature", "wind", "rainfallprobability"], "days" => 3]);
```

### Shorthand

[](#shorthand)

So far we've recieved location, forecast and observational data, each time making a seperate API request. Thankfully, we can bundle that up into one API call.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$sydney = $willyWeather->location(4950, ["forecasts" => ["temperature", "wind", "rainfallprobability"], "days" => 3, "observational" => true]);
$sydney->getForecasts();
$sydney->getObservational();
```

This time only one API call was made.

### Search

[](#search)

Search for locations based on placename or postcode.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$sydney = $willyWeather->searchByQuery("Sydney")[0];
```

Search for locations based on proximity to a set of coordinates.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('');
$mackenziesBay = $willyWeather->searchByCoordinates(["lat" => -33.8996141, "lng" => 151.272962])[0];
```

### Caching

[](#caching)

A basic file-based cache is included, this can help reduce repetitive API calls. To enable it, just pass in a suitable path while constructing the client.

```
use WillyWeather\Client;

$willyWeather = new Client('', '/tmp/');
```

Dates and Times
---------------

[](#dates-and-times)

All date/time strings are converted to [Carbon](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) objects in the locations local timezone.

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

[](#contributing)

Contributions are most welcome, just submit a pull request. 😄

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

Built With
----------

[](#built-with)

- [Guzzle](https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle) - HTTP client
- [GuzzleCache](https://github.com/Kevinrob/guzzle-cache-middleware) - Guzzle caching middleware
- [Carbon](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) - Date time library
- [Flysystem](https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem) - Filesystem abstraction

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- [Owen Andrews](https://github.com/owenandrews)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3326d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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