The openweathermap plugin

Available since version: 0.9.0

Author: Stefan Borchert (stefan@borchert.cc)

Description

This plugins integrates OpenWeatherMap data.

Settings

For a general understanding of how the configuration files are structured and what elements and attributes are it is recommended to read this section first: visu-config-details.

The behaviour and appearance of the openweathermap plugins can be influenced by using certain attributes and elements. The following tables show the allowed attributes and elements and their possible values. The screenshots show, how both can be edited in the editor.

Attributes underlined by ..... are mandatory, all the others are optional and be omitted.

Allowed attributes in the openweathermap-element

Element	Attribute
	Name	Content	Description
openweathermap	class	string	Add this value to the CSS class so that it can be formated by a user provided style sheet.
	lang	string
	q	string
	lat	string
	lon	string
	units	string
	type	string
	forecastItems	string
	detailItems	string
	refresh	integer
	appid	string

Attributes in the editor (simple view) [1]

Allowed child-elements und their attributes

Element	Attribute
Structure	Name	Content	Description
openweathermap layout	colspan	decimal	Amount of coloumns this widget sould be wide.
	colspan-m	decimal	Overrules the amount of coloumns on a medium screen.
	colspan-s	decimal	Overrules the amount of coloumns on a small screen.
	rowspan	decimal	Amount of rows this widget should be high.
	x	string	Horizontal position of the widget for 2D pages.
	y	string	Vertical position of the widget for 2D pages.
	z	string	Reserved for future use.
	width	string	Width for the widget for 2D pages.

Element	Attribute
Structure	Name	Content	Description
openweathermap label icon	name	string
	type	string
	flavour	string	Selection of a display variant. See also :ref:’flavour’.
	color	string
	styling	string
	class	string	Add this value to the CSS class so that it can be formated by a user provided style sheet.
openweathermap label #text		string	Text to display a label for the widget.

Examples

It is possible to manually edit the visu_config.xml and add an entry for the openweathermap plugin.

Caution

Make sure that you only use UTF-8 encoded characters by settings the encoding in your XML-editor to UTF-8 mode!

Footnotes

[1]	The simple view might not show everything. To see all elements/attributes use the expert view.