weather.py

'''
API key for  openweather API: e5329dd2891f08e84c9dc73b913bcab0
'''

import requests #this is an external library that i will use to make http requests to the  Weather API

def get_weather(location):
    '''make a weather query  to API and uses the location as a parameter and returns the weather as a list of key info'''
    weather_info=[]
    url='https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q={}&appid=e5329dd2891f08e84c9dc73b913bcab0&units=metric'.format(location)
    response=requests.get(url)
    data=response.json()
    overview =(data['weather'][0]['main'])
    description=(data['weather'][0]['description'])
    temp=(data['main']['temp'])
    wind_speed = (data['wind']['speed'])
    location=data['name']

    weather_info.append(overview) #--- summary description
    weather_info.append(temp)     #-- temperature
    weather_info.append(description) 
    weather_info.append(wind_speed)
    weather_info.append(location)
    return weather_info

if __name__ == '__main__':
    get_weather('london')