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# Weather widget # Weather widget
![Weather Widget](./weather-widget.png) ![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. 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 ## Installation
- install lua socket 1. Install lua socket - to make HTTP calls to get the weather information.
```bash ```bash
$ sudo apt-get install lua-socket $ sudo apt-get install lua-socket
``` ```
- download json parser for lua: https://github.com/rxi/json.lua 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> ):
- get Open Weather Map app id here: https://openweathermap.org/appid
```bash
wget -P ~/.config/awesome/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rxi/json.lua/master/json.lua
```
1. Clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/
```
1. Get Open Weather Map app id here: [openweathermap.org/appid](https://openweathermap.org/appid) and place it in **~/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/secrets.lua**, or directly in the widget. Don't forget to set also your city.
1. Require weather 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) You can read how it works in more details [here](http://pavelmakhov.com/2017/02/weather-widget-for-awesome-wm)