rofi-wttr: Weather display with forecast popup (#451)

rofi-wttr: Weather display with forecast popup

A minimal weather line with forecast pop up on click. Using rofi for the pop up and wttr.in as the weather interface.

README.adoc

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ This repository contains a set of scripts (a.k.a. *blocklets*) for link:https://
 | link:monitor_manager[] | Manage monitor on/off, resolution, extend, clone
 | link:nm-vpn[] | Show vpn status using network manager
 | link:openvpn[] | Show openvpn status
-| link:rofi-calendar[] | Current date/time and click for callendar using rofi
+| link:rofi-calendar[] | Current date/time and click for calendar using rofi
+| link:rofi-wttr[] | Current weather and click for weather forecast using rofi
 | link:shutdown_menu[] | Shutdown menu using rofi or zenity
 | link:systemctl[] | Startup and Shutdown system services
 | link:tahoe-lafs[] | Show status of your tahoe-lafs grid

rofi-wttr/README.md

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+# rofi-wttr
+
+A minimal weather line with forecast pop up on click. Using [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) for the pop up and [wttr.in](https://wttr.in/) as the weather interface.
+
+![The statusbar weather](rofi-wttr-status-line.png)
+The statusbar
+
+![The weather forecast popup](rofi-wttr-detail.png)
+The popup with the default rofi theme
+
+## Depencencies
+
+* [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi)
+* curl
+
+## Installation
+
+* Copy the script into your directory of choice, e.g. ~/.i3blocks/blocklets
+* Give it execution permission (`chmod +x rofi-wttr`)
+* Optional: Customize your rofi theme via the `rofi-theme-selector` command
+* Optional: Customize the rofi launch options in the script
+* Optional: Customize the wttr curl arguments in the script
+* Add the following blocklet to your i3blocks.conf:
+
+```ini
+[rofi-wttr]
+command=$SCRIPT_DIR/rofi-wttr
+interval=3600
+#BAR_POSITION=top
+#FONT=Monospace 10
+#LABEL=🌡️
+#LOCATION=Washington_DC
+#ROFI_CONFIG_FILE=/dev/null
+```
+
+## Thanks
+Modeled off of [rofi-calendar](https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/rofi-calendar) with thanks to its authors.

rofi-wttr/i3blocks.conf

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+[rofi-wttr]
+command=$SCRIPT_DIR/rofi-wttr
+interval=300
+#BAR_POSITION=top
+#FONT=Monospace 10
+#LABEL=🌡️
+#LOCATION=Washington_DC
+#ROFI_CONFIG_FILE=/dev/null

rofi-wttr/rofi-wttr

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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+###### Variables ######
+LABEL="${LABEL:- }"
+LOCATION="${LOCATION:- }"
+FONT="${FONT:-Monospace 10}"
+ROFI_CONFIG_FILE="${ROFI_CONFIG_FILE:-/dev/null}"
+BAR_POSITION="${BAR_POSITION:-bottom}"
+
+###### Variables ######
+
+
+###### Functions ######
+# print the full weather
+# see https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in#usage for full configuration options
+print_weather_report() {
+  if [[ $LOCATION != " " ]]; then
+    curl https://wttr.in/$LOCATION?T
+  else
+    curl https://wttr.in/?T
+  fi
+}
+
+# print the one line weather
+# see https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in#one-line-output for formatting options
+print_weather_line() {
+  if [[ $LOCATION != " " ]]; then
+    curl -s https://wttr.in/${LOCATION}?u\&format="%C+%c+%t+(%f)+%w" | tr -d \"
+  else
+    curl -s 'https://wttr.in/?u\&format="%C+%c+%t+(%f)+%w"' | tr -d \"
+  fi
+}
+
+###### Functions ######
+
+
+###### Main body ######
+
+# handle any click
+# rofi pop up
+case "$BLOCK_BUTTON" in
+  1|2|3)
+      IFS=
+      weather_report=$(print_weather_report)
+
+      # check bar position and adjust anchor accordingly
+      if [[ $BAR_POSITION = "top" ]]; then
+        anchor="northwest"
+      else
+        anchor="southwest"
+      fi
+
+      # open rofi
+      # (add the following option to rofi command with proper config file, if needed)
+      echo $weather_report \
+        | rofi \
+            -dmenu \
+            -markup-rows \
+            -font $FONT \
+            -m -3 \
+            -theme-str 'window {width: 53%; anchor: '"$anchor"'; location: northwest;}' \
+            -theme-str 'listview {lines: '"$(echo $weather_report | wc -l)"' ;scrollbar: false;}' \
+            -theme $ROFI_CONFIG_FILE \
+            -p "Detailed weather report"
+esac
+
+# print blocklet text
+
+if [[ $LABEL != " " ]]; then
+  echo $LABEL$(print_weather_line)
+else
+  echo $(print_weather_line)
+fi
+
+###### Main body ######