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authorPavel Makhov <pmakhov@touchtunes.com>2019-01-26 23:14:21 -0500
committerPavel Makhov <pmakhov@touchtunes.com>2019-01-26 23:14:21 -0500
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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets
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# 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.
## Installation
- - install lua socket
-```bash
-$ sudo apt-get install lua-socket
-```
+1. Install lua socket - to make HTTP calls to get the weather information.
+
+ ```bash
+ $ sudo apt-get install lua-socket
+ ```
+
+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> ):
+
+ ```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,
+ ...
+ ```
- - download json parser for lua: https://github.com/rxi/json.lua
- - get Open Weather Map app id here: https://openweathermap.org/appid
You can read how it works in more details [here](http://pavelmakhov.com/2017/02/weather-widget-for-awesome-wm)