A very specific Golang interface to the Dark Sky API for my Chrome Extension

golang golang-server weather-api

Levi Olson 5ab4a83098 Adding caching to the Dark Sky API call		5 years ago
assets	Adding favicon	5 years ago
.gitignore	Initial working API	5 years ago
LICENSE	Initial commit	5 years ago
README.md	Updated Readme	5 years ago
darksky.go	Log darksky url	5 years ago
main.go	Adding caching to the Dark Sky API call	5 years ago
rest.go	Adding caching to the Dark Sky API call	5 years ago
structs.go	Initial working API	5 years ago
weather-api.service	Service fix	5 years ago

README.md

Dark Sky API Interface

A Golang Server that interfaces with the Dark Sky API so my Chrome Extension can get the weather.

Firewall

sudo ufw status
sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
sudo ufw allow https
sudo ufw enable

Install Go

curl -C - https://dl.google.com/go/go1.11.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz -o go1.11.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.11.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
go version

Letsencrypt

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-certbot-nginx
certbot certonly --standalone -d weather.l3vi.co

Systemd

sudo useradd weatherapi -s /sbin/nologin -M
sudo cp weather-api.service /lib/systemd/system/.
ls -al /lib/systemd/system
sudo chmod 755 /lib/systemd/system/weather-api.service

# add the DARK_SKY_API_KEY to the weather-api.service file

sudo systemctl enable weather-api.service
sudo systemctl start weather-api.service
sudo journalctl -f -u weather-api

# or

sudo systemctl status weather-api.service

Thanks

Much of the source I obtained from github.com/shawntoffel/darksky. So thank you shawntoffel and contributors for that amazing codebase!