Today, I messed around with a little project I’m calling “weather sale”. Basically, I wanted to see if I could make a simple program that changes prices based on the weather. Sounds kinda fun, right?
Getting Started
First, I needed to get the weather data. I’m no weather expert, so I just wanted the basics – temperature and maybe if it’s raining or sunny.
- Checked out some weather APIs.
- Found one that seemed easy enough to use.
Setting Up
Then, I picked python to write all code because I am familar with it. I’m not looking to build anything fancy, just a simple script to do that will get the job done and provide data for testing.
- Installed any needed, by using
pip install. - Grabbed my API key.
- Wrote a little bit of code to fetch the weather for my location.
Making it Work
Okay, so I had the weather, now what? I decided to make up some simple rules:
- If it’s hot (over 25°C), ice cream is more expensive!
- If it’s raining, umbrellas go on sale.
- Otherwise, everything is the normal price.
I added some if statements to my code, something like this:
if temperature > 25:
ice_cream_price = normal_price 1.2 # 20% more expensive
elif is_raining:
umbrella_price = normal_price 0.8 # 20% off
The Result
I ran the code, and it worked! It showed me the adjusted prices based on the current weather. It is just a test.
This was a fun little *’s cool to see how you can use real-world data, like the weather, to make something dynamic,even if it’s just a silly price-changing program.I can continue to improve it in my spare time.