I3owm 
rust implementation of Open Weather Map and open-notify (ISS spotting) add-on for i3status
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Installation
To install this from Rust community's crate registry, one must have installed Rust an Cargo. Then enter this in the terminal:
cargo install i3owm
Usage
Program Arguments
Required Arguments
| Option | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
-k, --apikey |
<apikey> |
Set OpenWeatherMap API key (see at https://openweathermap.org/price) |
Options
| Option | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
-b, --blink |
Let ISS icon blink when visible | |
-h, --help |
Prints help information | |
-n, --notify |
Show notifications about ISS getting visible | |
-r, --reverse |
Reverse position (from right) | |
-t, --test |
Do not process i3status from stdin, instead show formatted string | |
-V, --version |
Prints version information |
Optional Arguments
| Option | Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
-f, --format |
<format> |
Format string including one ore more of the following keys | {city} {icon} {temp}{temp_unit} |
-c, --location |
<location> |
City's name maybe followed by comma-separated 2-letter (state code for the USA locations and) country code (ISO3166) or city ID (see https://openweathermap.org/find) or geographical coordinate as comma-separated latitude and longitude. | Berlin,DE |
-C, --cloudiness |
<cloudiness> |
Maximum cloudiness in percent at which ISS can be treated as visible | 25 |
-l, --lang |
<lang> |
Two character language code of weather descriptions | en |
-L, --level |
<level> |
ISS minimum show level: watch: duration when visible; soon: latency until visible; rise: spotting time |
soon |
-P, --poll |
<poll> |
Duration of polling period in minutes | 10 |
-p, --position |
<position> |
Position of output in JSON when wrapping i3status | 0 |
-s, --soon |
<soon> |
Duration in minutes when ISS rising is "soon" in minutes | 15 |
-u, --units |
<units> |
Use imperial units (metric, imperial or standard) |
metric |
Display Format
Available Properties
Choose your display format by inserting the following properties keys into your format string:
| Key | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
{city} |
City name | Berlin |
{main} |
Group of weather parameters | Clouds |
{description} |
Weather condition within the group | scattered clouds |
{icon} |
Weather icon | 🌞,🌛, 🌤, ⛅, 🌧,🌦,🌩,❄,🌫 |
{pressure} |
Atmospheric pressure (sea level or ground level), hPa | 1010 |
{humidity} |
Humidity, % | 45 |
{wind} |
Wind direction | N, NO, O, SO, S, SW, W, NW |
{wind_icon} |
Wind direction as arrow icon | ↓, ↙, ←, ↖, ↑, ↗, →, ↘ |
{wind_speed} |
Wind speed | m/s, mi/h |
{wind_deg} |
Wind direction, degrees (meteorological) | 56 |
{deg_unit} |
Direction unit | ° |
{visibility} |
Visibility, meter | 10000 |
{visibility_km} |
Visibility, kilometer | 10 |
{rain.1h} |
Rain volume for the last 1 hour, mm | 12 |
{rain.3h} |
Rain volume for the last 3 hours, mm | 32 |
{snow.1h} |
Snow volume for the last 1 hour, mm | 11 |
{snow.3h} |
Snow volume for the last 3 hours, mm | 24 |
{temp_min} |
Minimum temperature at the moment | -8 |
{temp_max} |
Maximum temperature at the moment | 10 |
{feels_like} |
Temperature for the human perception of weather | 8 |
{temp} |
Temperature | 15 |
{temp_unit} |
Temperature | °C, °F, K |
{speed_unit} |
Wind speed unit | m/s |
{update} |
Local time of last update | 12:45 |
{iss} |
ISS spotting time, latency or duration | 12:10, -02:21, +01:15 |
{iss_icon} |
show icon if ISS is visible | 🛰 |
{iss_space} |
inserts space (' ') if any ISS information is displayed |
|
Testing your Display Format
To make testing easy i3owm has an option -t (or --test) which disables processing of input from i3status and just produces the i3owm related output string.
We use that option to test some examples without i3status.
Weather
To get the weather we could use the following command line:
i3owm -t -k <key> -c Berlin,DE -f '{icon} {temp}{temp_unit} 💧{humidity}%'
Output
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⛅ 11°C 💧55%
ISS Spotting Events
To get ISS spotting events we could use the following parameters:
i3owm -t -k <key> -c Berlin,DE -f '{iss_icon}{iss}'
Output
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🛰+03:12
Complex Example
In this complex example we use the following parameters:
i3owm -tnb -Lrise -C100 -k <key> -cBerlin -f'{iss_icon}{iss}{iss_space}{icon} {temp}{temp_unit} 💧{humidity}% {wind_icon}{wind_speed}{speed_unit} ({update})'
Output
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⛅ 14°C 💧70% ↑2m/s (13:47)
🛰16:37 ⛅ 14°C 💧70% ↑2m/s (13:47)
Integration into i3status
To use your i3owm command line in your i3 configuration you need to remove option -t and append a pipe symbol | and your command line to your it (usually at .config/i3/config).
bar {
status_command i3status | i3owm <your options>
}
Reference Documentation
Beside this introduction there is a reference documentation for the source code which can be found here.
Links
Website
This README tastes better at i3owm.thats-software.com.
github repository
For the source code see this repository at github.com.
on crates.io
Published at crates.io.
License
i3status_ext is licensed under the MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)