Building a Weather Dashboard with Docker and AWS S3

This blog will demonstrate how to build a weather dashboard application using Docker and AWS S3. This program fetches weather data from the OpenWeather API and saves it to an AWS S3 bucket.

Prerequisites:

• Docker installed on your machine

• AWS account with access keys

• OpenWeather API key

Repository Structure:

Here's an overview of the repository structure:

weather-dashboard/
├── src/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── weather_dashboard.py
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── Dockerfile
└── README.md

Setup:

1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/hardikgandhi03/Weather-Dashboard-Demo.git
    cd Weather-Dashboard-Demo
   

2. Create a .env file in the root directory with the following content:

      OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=your_openweather_api_key
      AWS_BUCKET_NAME=weather-dashboard-demo-
      # AWS CREDENTIALS
      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_secret_key_id
      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_aws-secret_access_key
      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=your_aws_default_region
   

3. Build the docker image:

    docker build -t weatherDashboard .
   

4. Run the docker container:

    docker run weatherDashboard --name aws-app
   

Usage:

The program will fetch weather data from the cities added into the json file at /data/cities.json file. The weather data will be saved to the specified AWS S3 bucket.

AWS configuration:

The program uses the AWS CLI to interact with the S3. Ensure your AWS credentials are correctly set in the .env file.

GitHub link: hardikgandhi03/Weather-Dashboard-Demo