Manoj Kumar
WEB SCRAPING
WEATHER FORECASTS WITH
PYTHON
Imagine being able to predict the weather by
simply running a Python script. In this guide, we
'll do just that.
We will use the requests and BeautifulSoup
libraries in Python to scrape weather forecast
data from Weather.com.
Step 1: Import Required
Libraries
First, we bring in the tools we need.
Python ' s requests library sends the request to
get information from the website, and
BeautifulSoup organizes that information for us
Step 2: Send HTTP Request
Here, we're asking requests to get the page
with weather forecast for New York (replace
'USNY0996:1:US' with your location's code from
Weather.com).
We're also including headers to simulate a real
browser visit.
Step 3: Parse HTML Content
This is where BeautifulSoup takes the messy
HTML code we got and organizes it into a
format we can work with.
Step 4: Extract Data
Now that the data is organized, we tell
BeautifulSoup to find the specific pieces of
information we're interested in.
In this case, it's the current temperature and
weather condition.
Step 5: Print Data
Finally, we display the temperature and
weather condition.
When you run this script, you should see an
output similar to this:
And there you have it! You've successfully
scraped weather data using Python.
This technique can be expanded and refined to
scrape other elements of the page, including the
hourly or 10-day forecasts. Just remember to
respect the website's rules and terms of use.
Happy scraping!
Manoj Kumar
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