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A Clean & Customizable Weather module for Waybar
"custom/weather": {
"exec": "python ~/.config/waybar/scripts/weather.py",
"restart-interval": 300,
"return-type": "json",
"on-click": "xdg-open https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/$(location_id)"
// "format-alt": "{alt}",
},
#custom-weather.severe {
color: #eb937d;
}
#custom-weather.sunnyDay {
color: #c2ca76;
}
#custom-weather.clearNight {
color: #2b2b2a;
}
#custom-weather.cloudyFoggyDay, #custom-weather.cloudyFoggyNight {
color: #c2ddda;
}
#custom-weather.rainyDay, #custom-weather.rainyNight {
color: #5aaca5;
}
#custom-weather.snowyIcyDay, #custom-weather.snowyIcyNight {
color: #d6e7e5;
}
#custom-weather.default {
color: #dbd9d8;
}
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from pyquery import PyQuery # install using `pip install pyquery`
import json
################################### CONFIGURATION ###################################
# set your location_id
# to get your location_id, go to https://weather.com & search for your location.
# once you choose your location, you can see the location_id in the URL(64 chars long hex string)
# like this: https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/today/l/c3e96d6cc4965fc54f88296b54449571c4107c73b9638c16aafc83575b4ddf2e
# once you get the location_id, you can replace the below location_id with your own location_id
location_id = "c3e96d6cc4965fc54f88296b54449571c4107c73b9638c16aafc83575b4ddf2e" # TODO
# celcius or fahrenheit
unit = "metric" # metric or imperial
# forcase type
forecast_type = "Daily" # Hourly or Daily
########################################## MAIN ##################################
# weather icons
weather_icons = {
"sunnyDay": "滛",
"clearNight": "望",
"cloudyFoggyDay": "",
"cloudyFoggyNight": "",
"rainyDay": "",
"rainyNight": "",
"snowyIcyDay": "",
"snowyIcyNight": "",
"severe": "",
"default": "",
}
# get html page
_l = "en-IN" if unit == "metric" else "en-US"
url = f"https://weather.com/{_l}/weather/today/l/{location_id}"
# get html data
html_data = PyQuery(url=url)
# current temperature
temp = html_data("span[data-testid='TemperatureValue']").eq(0).text()
# current status phrase
status = html_data("div[data-testid='wxPhrase']").text()
status = f"{status[:16]}.." if len(status) > 17 else status
# status code
status_code_class = html_data("#regionHeader").attr("class")
status_code = str(status_code_class).split(" ")[2].split("-")[2]
# status icon
icon = (
weather_icons[status_code]
if status_code in weather_icons
else weather_icons["default"]
)
# temperature feels like
temp_feel = html_data(
"div[data-testid='FeelsLikeSection'] > span > span[data-testid='TemperatureValue']"
).text()
temp_feel_text = f"Feels like {temp_feel}{'c' if unit == 'metric' else 'f'}"
# min-max temperature
temp_min = (
html_data("div[data-testid='wxData'] > span[data-testid='TemperatureValue']")
.eq(1)
.text()
)
temp_max = (
html_data("div[data-testid='wxData'] > span[data-testid='TemperatureValue']")
.eq(0)
.text()
)
temp_min_max = f" {temp_min}\t\t{temp_max}"
# wind speed
wind_speed = str(html_data("span[data-testid='Wind']").text())
wind_text = f"煮 {wind_speed}"
# humidity
humidity = html_data("span[data-testid='PercentageValue']").text()
humidity_text = f" {humidity}"
# visibility
visbility = html_data("span[data-testid='VisibilityValue']").text()
visbility_text = f" {visbility}"
# air quality index
air_quality_index = html_data("text[data-testid='DonutChartValue']").text()
# rain prediction
r_prediction_text = html_data(f"section[aria-label='{forecast_type} Forecast']")(
"div[data-testid='SegmentPrecipPercentage'] > span"
).text()
r_prediction = str(r_prediction_text).replace("Chance of Rain", "")
r_prediction = f"  ({forecast_type}) {r_prediction}" if len(r_prediction) > 0 else r_prediction
# temperature prediction
t_prediction_text = html_data(f"section[aria-label='{forecast_type} Forecast']")(
"div[data-testid='SegmentHighTemp'] > span"
).text()
t_prediction = str(t_prediction_text).replace(" /", "/")
t_prediction = f" 滛 ({forecast_type}) {t_prediction}" if len(t_prediction) > 0 else t_prediction
#pretty print all data
# print(f"temp: {temp}\nstatus: {status}\nstatus_code: {status_code}\nicon: {icon}\
# \ntemp_feel_text: {temp_feel_text}\ntemp_min_max: {temp_min_max}\nwind_text: {wind_text}\
# \nhumidity_text: {humidity_text}\nvisbility_text: {visbility_text}\nair_quality_index: {air_quality_index}\
# \nprediction: \n{r_prediction}\n{t_prediction}")
# tooltip text
tooltip_text = str.format(
"\t\t{}\t\t\n{}\n{}\n{}\n\n{}\n{}\n{}\n\n{}\n{}",
f'<span size="xx-large">{temp}</span>',
f"<big>{icon}</big>",
f"<big>{status}</big>",
f"<small>{temp_feel_text}</small>",
f"<big>{temp_min_max}</big>",
f"{wind_text}\t{humidity_text}",
f"{visbility_text}\tAQI {air_quality_index}",
f"<i>{r_prediction}</i>",
f"<i>{t_prediction}</i>"
)
# print waybar module data
out_data = {
"text": f"{icon} {temp}",
"alt": status,
"tooltip": tooltip_text,
"class": status_code,
}
print(json.dumps(out_data))
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Thanks @apraile. @g-lpm I've updated the code.

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Auretus commented Apr 8, 2025

The rain prediction is coming out weird, instead of showing the raindrop symbol like it should, it's coming out like:
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