def test_fetch_xml1(self):
url = 'http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=2502265'
rss = utils.fetch_xml(url)
expected_root = 'rss'
actual_root = rss.tag
self.assertEqual(expected_root, actual_root)
weather_ns = 'http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0'
location_tag = '{%s}location' % weather_ns
units_tag = '{%s}units' % weather_ns
wind_tag = '{%s}wind' % weather_ns
atmosphere_tag = '{%s}atmosphere' % weather_ns
astronomy_tag = '{%s}astronomy' % weather_ns
expected_tags = ['title', 'link', 'description', 'language', 'lastBuildDate', 'ttl', location_tag,
units_tag, wind_tag, atmosphere_tag, astronomy_tag]
valid_xml = True
for tag in expected_tags:
element = rss.find('channel/%s' %tag)
if element is None:
valid_xml = False
self.assertTrue(valid_xml)
def yahoo_conditions(location, units='f'):
"""
Gets the current weather conditions from Yahoo weather. For more information, see
https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/.
:param location: a location in 'city, state, country' format (e.g. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States)
:param units: fahrenheit by default (f). You may also choose celsius by entering c instead of f.
:return: The current weather conditions for the given location. None if the location is invalid.
"""
weather_url = 'http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=%s&u=%s'
weather_ns = 'http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0'
woeid = utils.fetch_woeid(location)
if woeid is None:
return None
url = weather_url % (woeid, units)
# Try to parse the RSS feed at the given URL.
try:
rss = utils.fetch_xml(url)
conditions = rss.find('channel/item/{%s}condition' % weather_ns)
return {
'title': rss.findtext('channel/title'),
'current_condition': conditions.get('text'),
'current_temp': conditions.get('temp'),
'date': conditions.get('date'),
'code': conditions.get('code')
}
except:
raise
