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C++ Weather Forecast Project Guide

This document outlines a C++ project to retrieve weather forecast data from OpenWeatherMap in JSON format, populate objects with the data, and display the forecasts and related data to the user via a menu. The tasks involve creating a class to model the forecast data, making an HTTP request to get the JSON and populate lists/objects with the data, and implementing menu options to view the forecast for a zip code, all days, a specific day, temperature ranges, and another creative option. Completing the tasks involves using NuGet to install Casablanca for HTTP requests, creating objects to store the JSON data, and displaying the results to the user.

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C++ Weather Forecast Project Guide

This document outlines a C++ project to retrieve weather forecast data from OpenWeatherMap in JSON format, populate objects with the data, and display the forecasts and related data to the user via a menu. The tasks involve creating a class to model the forecast data, making an HTTP request to get the JSON and populate lists/objects with the data, and implementing menu options to view the forecast for a zip code, all days, a specific day, temperature ranges, and another creative option. Completing the tasks involves using NuGet to install Casablanca for HTTP requests, creating objects to store the JSON data, and displaying the results to the user.

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OOP – Comp 345

Open Weather Map - JSON & C++ Project


Goal – To understand and be able to properly apply the following topics and tools:
1. NuGet Package Manager
2. JSON – Java Script Object Notation
3. Object Oriented encapsulation and information hiding
4. Using Casablanca to make an http call from C++
5. Vector/List template from the C++ STL
In this project you will read the 5 day weather forecast from [Link] in the form of a JSON
string. You will populate a list of DailyWeatherForecast objects, then give the user a menu from which they
can view:

1. the forecast for a user entered zip code


2. the forecast for all 5 days
3. the forecast for a specific day
4. the lowest and highest temperatures from all forecasts
5. at least one other creative option

Tasks:

1. (15 points) Make a C++ type that models the data source(s)
a. Use proper encapsulation
b. Use information hiding
2. (15 points) Make a C++ program that will get the JSON data from an HTTP site and populate STL
list(s) or your type(s)
3. (20 points) 4 points for each menu option listed above

To accomplish this you must first download the Casablanca package using the NuGet package manager
console.

Or on the package manager condole:

 PM> Install-Package cpprestsdk

DO NOT INCLUDE THE cpprestsdk FILES IN YOUR SUBMISSION TO EASEL.

NOTE From 2018/08/27: Today when I downloaded this package I had to change a few lines of code in the
ccprestsdk library.

 Remove datetime:: from line 491 in asyncrt_utils.h


 Remove #ifndef _WIN32 // Required by GCC #endif
o From around typename on line 886 in streams.h
o From around typename on line 895 in streams.h

Signup for an API key at: [Link]

NOTE: This package is large. Downloading this package takes a while (3 min or so). Do not submit this as
part of your solution on Easel.

Helpful Links:
 [Link]
 [Link]
 Open Weather Map – Documentation for current weather API
[Link]
Open Weather
 Map API key - [Link]
 Example Request -
[Link]
118ec73263ed1ff985&units=imperial

This may help to convert a string in c++ to the string type used in the library.
conversions::to_string_t(string variable);

The code for reading from the json response should look similar to this (but you should be saving the values
in an object and the object in a list).

#include<iostream>
#include <cpprest/http_client.h>
#include <cpprest/filestream.h>
using namespace std;
using namespace utility; // Common utilities like string conversions
using namespace web; // Common features like URIs.
using namespace web::http; // Common HTTP functionality
using namespace web::http::client; // HTTP client features
using namespace concurrency::streams;
using std::string;
void main(){
http_client client(U("[Link]
uri_builder builder(U("/data/2.5/forecast"));
builder.append_query(U("zip"), U("72143"));
builder.append_query(U("appid"), U("5ae2ce314387f8118ec73263ed1ff985"));
builder.append_query(U("units"), U("imperial"));
builder.append_query(U("mode"), U("json"));
http_response response = [Link](methods::GET, builder.to_string()).get();
web::json::value forecastJson = response.extract_json(true).get();
web::json::value forecastListJson = [Link](U("list"));
if (forecastListJson.is_array()){
for (int i = 0; i < [Link](); i++)
{
web::json::value forecastDayJson = forecastListJson[i];
web::json::value mainJson = [Link](U("main"));
web::json::value tempJson = [Link](U("temp"));
cout << tempJson.as_double() << endl;
web::json::value weatherJson = [Link](U("weather"))[0];
web::json::value mainWeatherJson = [Link](U("main"));
cout << conversions::to_utf8string(mainWeatherJson.as_string()) << endl;
}
}
}

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