SkyCast is a dynamic weather dashboard that provides real-time weather updates and securely stores them in AWS S3 for future analysis. Whether you're planning a trip or just curious about the weather, SkyCast offers an easy and reliable way to access current conditions across multiple cities.

Using SkyCast is super easy!

• Pick a city from the homepage.

• SkyCast fetches the weather using OpenWeather API.

• You get all the details - temperature, humidity, and conditions.

• Your data gets stored securely in AWS S3.

• Example of what you get back from the API:

{
  "temp": 18.1,
  "feels_like": 17.0,
  "humidity": 60,
  "description": "partly cloudy"
}

• Retrieve up-to-date weather information for selected cities.
• Weather reports are automatically stored securely in the cloud.
• A clean and responsive design suitable for all devices.
• Easily extend to support additional cities and features.
• Leveraging OpenWeather API for precise weather conditions.

Follow the steps below to install and run SkyCast on your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/zyusuf88/skycast.git`

cd skycast

Navigate to the backend folder:

cd backend

pip install -r requirements.txt

OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=your_openweather_api_key
AWS_BUCKET_NAME=your_s3_bucket_name

python weather_dashboard.py

Navigate to the src/ folder and open index.html in your browser:

file:///path_to_project/src/index.html