Initial work on loading data from the API.

witbierbot.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Read weather predictions for the next days, and if it's high enough,
+recommend that Dennis buys witbier.
+"""
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+
+def load_weather():
+    url = 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q=Leiden' \
+            + '&units=metric' \
+            + '&appid=' + os.environ['API_KEY']
+
+    result = urlopen(url)
+
+    return json.load(result)
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
+            weather = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        weather = load_weather()
+    print(weather)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()