Tasker: weather report

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Instead of using a weather app, I made a Tasker task that will give me a notification with a short weather description twice a day. In the morning the weather of the current day, and in the evening with the weather for the next day.

Here is how I created the task for the current day. I used the Wunderground api, I signed up for an api key so I can get that data.

  1. Create a new task called Weather Today.
  2. Add an action Net -> HTTP Get.
  3. Set Server:Port to api.wunderground.com.
  4. Set Path to api/API_KEY/conditions/forecast/q/Belgium/ANTWERP.json. replace the API_KEY with the key you created with Wunderground. Replace Belgium with the country you live in, and ANTWERP with your current city.
  5. Go back to confirm.

In orde to test if this works correctly, you can create an Alert -> Flash and set %HTTPD as text. Press Play. If there is output, you know the call is correct.

  1. Add a new action Code -> JavaScriptlet and add this code var weather = JSON.parse(global('HTTPD')).forecast.txt_forecast.forecastday[0].fcttext_metric;.
  2. Add a new action Code -> JavaScriptlet and add this code var title = JSON.parse(global('HTTPD')).forecast.txt_forecast.forecastday[0].title;.
  3. Add a new action Code -> JavaScriptlet and add this code var icon = JSON.parse(global('HTTPD')).forecast.txt_forecast.forecastday[0].icon_url;.
  4. Add a new action Code -> JavaScriptlet and add this code var city =JSON.parse(global('HTTPD')).current_observation.display_location.city;.
  5. I used AutoNotification to create the actual notification. When the app is installed, create a new action Plugin -> AutoNotification.
  6. Under Texts, as Title and Title Expanded, set %title.
  7. Under Texts, as Text and Text Expanded, set %weather.
  8. Under Texts, as SubText, set %city.
  9. Under Icons and Images, set %icon.
  10. Press back to confirm.

Now the task is complete, we need to create a profile that will trigger the task when we want.

  1. Go to tab PROFILES and create a new profile Time and set the time you would like the notification.
  2. Choose task Weather Today.
  3. Press back to confirm.

Here is an example notification: alt text