Laravel DarkSky

This provides a Laravel style wrapper for the DarkSky api and simplifies writing tests against ever changing weather data. For more information regarding request and response formats, visit: https://darksky.net/dev/docs

Install

Require this package with composer using the following command:

$ composer require lawnstarter/laravel-darksky

After updating composer, add the service provider to the providers array in config/app.php

Lawnstarter\LaravelDarkSky\LaravelDarkSkyServiceProvider::class,

To register a facade accessor, add the following to config/app.php aliases array

'DarkSky' => \Lawnstarter\LaravelDarkSky\Facades\DarkSky::class,

Configuration

Add the following line to the .env file:

DARKSKY_API_KEY=<your_darksky_api_key>

Usage

For full details of response formats, visit: https://darksky.net/dev/docs/response

Required

location(lat, lon)

Pass in latitude and longitude coordinates for a basic response

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->get();

Optional Parameters

For full details of optional parameters, visit: https://darksky.net/dev/docs/forecast

excludes([]) / includes([])

Specify which data blocks to exclude/include to reduce data transfer

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->excludes(['minutely','hourly', 'daily', 'alerts', 'flags'])->get();
DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->includes(['currently'])->get();
// Same output

atTime(t)

Pass in a unix timestamp to get forecast for that time. Note: the timezone is relative to the given location

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->atTime(timestamp)->get();

language(l)

Specify a language for text based responses

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->language(lang)->get();

units(u)

Specify units for unit based responses

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->units(units)->get();

extend()

Extend the "hourly" response from 48 to 168 hours. Note: Does not work if used with an atTime() timestamp. Please see: https://darksky.net/dev/docs/time-machine

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->extend()->get();

Helpers

The following are shorthand helpers to add readability equal to using includes() with only one parameter. Note: only one may be used per query and only temperature specific data is returned

->currently()
->minutely()
->hourly()
->daily()
->flags()

For example, these two statements are the same

DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->hourly()
DarkSky::location(lat, lon)->includes(['hourly'])->get()->hourly

DarkSky & Testing

To simplyfiy testing the static method to force the response to be a certain payload without actually hitting the DarkSky API was added.

DarkSky::setTestResponse($testResponseValue);

When this value is not null, the DarkSky wrapper will always return this data. If the value is null, the DarkSky API will be queried in real-time. To simplify testing further, sample test responses are available for you to use in your test classes

<?php

use Lawnstarter\LaravelDarkSky\DarkSkySampleResponse;
use Lawnstarter\LaravelDarkSky\DarkSky;

class MyTestsDependOnDarksky extends TestCase {

    public function test_forecast() {
        ...
        $fakeForecast = DarkSkySampleResponse::forecast();
        DarkSky::setTestResponse($fakeForecast);
        ...
    }

    public function test_forecast_extended_hourly() {
        ...
        $fakeForecast = DarkSkySampleResponse::forecastExtendedHourly();
        DarkSky::setTestResponse($fakeForecast);
        ...
    }

    public function test_timemachine() {
        ...
        $fakeForecast = DarkSkySampleResponse::timemachine();
        DarkSky::setTestResponse($fakeForecast);
        ...
    }

}

Method	Sample Payload
DarkSkySampleResponse::forecast()	See Sample Forecast JSON
DarkSkySampleResponse::forecastExtendedHourly()	See Sample Forecast Extended Hourly JSON
DarkSkySampleResponse::timemachine()	See Sample Time Machine JSON

Credits

• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.