awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/weather-widget.md

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# Weather widget

![Weather Widget]({{'/assets/img/screenshots/weather-widget.png' | relative_url }}){:.center-image}

Note that widget uses the Arc icon theme, so it should be [installed](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme#installation) first under **/usr/share/icons/Arc/** folder.

## Installation

1. Install lua socket - to make HTTP calls to get the weather information.

    ```bash
    $ sudo apt-get install lua-socket
    ```

1. Download json parser for lua from [github.com/rxi/json.lua](https://github.com/rxi/json.lua) and place it under **~/.config/awesome/** (don't forget to star a repo <i class="fa fa-github-alt"></i> ):

    ```bash
    wget -P ~/.config/awesome/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rxi/json.lua/master/json.lua
    ```

1.  Get Open Weather Map app id here: [openweathermap.org/appid](https://openweathermap.org/appid) and place it in the widget's header.

1. Clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**:

    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/
    ```

1. Require volumearc widget at the beginning of **rc.lua**:

    ```lua
    local weather_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.weather-widget.weather")
    ```

1. Add widget to the tasklist:

    ```lua
    s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
        { -- Right widgets
            layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
            ...
            weather_widget,
            ...
    ```


You can read how it works in more details [here](http://pavelmakhov.com/2017/02/weather-widget-for-awesome-wm)