Forecast.io died and I needed a weather monitor replacement

php,composer

Note:

• Requires GeekTool, which can be downloaded from https://www.tynsoe.org/geektool/

• Requires a weather API key from https://weatherapi.com

• Register App for use at weatherapi.com

• Generate your API key

• Paste your API key into the weather.php script $OPTIONS, near the top

• Open GeekTool

• Drag new 'Shell' Geeklet to your desktop
• Paste the following line into the Shell Command: /path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php

Note:

• The following command can show you the path to your php install: which php

• Set the command to run every 3,600 seconds

• Set Timeout to something such as 20 seconds

• Check Display status feedback image

• In your terminal, run /path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php to generate the weather display, if necessary or to test

Note:

• This only applies if you chose to not do method 1

• Create a cron entry in your system for the weather script to run:

• In your terminal, run crontab -e

• Paste the following into your crontab:

• 0 * * * * /path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php

• Ensure your terminal has full disk access if issues are encountered

Note:

• Full disk access for your terminal should not be necessary, as it has not been during my testing

• Drag new 'Image' Geeklet to your desktop

• Set local path to: /path/to/jWeather/out.png

• Resize the 'Image' window to desired size by dragging the bottom right corner

• Set to run every every 2 seconds or no more than 3600 seconds

• At this point, you should be set!

Any Mac system that has php installed

• You can change size of font in weather.php, along with other settings
• You may need to run /path/to/php /path/to/jWeather/weather.php to see those changes immediately

https://github.com/jadissa/jWeather/issues