Weather Info App

This application retrieves historical weather data for a given location and date range using the Open-Meteo API. If the data is already stored in the database, it will fetch it from there; otherwise, it makes an HTTP request to the Open-Meteo API.

Features

• API to fetch historical weather data based on location and date range.
• Uses the Open-Meteo API to retrieve weather information.
• Stores retrieved weather data in the database for faster future access.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

1. Ruby: Version 3.x or higher.
2. Rails: Version 7.x or higher.
3. SQLite3 (or another database if configured differently in the project).
4. Git: To clone the repository.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone <This repository url>
cd backend-weather-app-openmeteo

2. Install Dependencies

bundle install

3. Set Up the Database

rails db:create
rails db:migrate

4. Start the Server

Preferably in a different port, as the frontend will be in port 3000. The frontend is ready to receive from port 10524, so:

rails server -p 10524

API Endpoints

GET /weather/historical?location=&start_date=&end_date=

Fetch historical weather data for a specific location and date range.

Response:

[
    {
        "id": Numeric,
        "location": String,
        "date": Date,
        "temperature": Float?,
        "precipitation": Float?,
        "created_at": Datetime,
        "updated_at": Datetime
    }
]

Notes

Due to time constraints, additional enhancements (e.g., more robust error handling, more features) didn't come to fruition:

• A route to return a list of locations with the name of the user's input location - To be able to choose the correct one in the frontend