Functions/Get-CurrentWindChillByIP.ps1
|
function Get-CurrentWindChillByIP { <# .SYNOPSIS This script will show the current weather information based off your public IP. .DESCRIPTION This script uses the public IP information from Ipinfo.io to feed the longitude and latitude to the Weather.Gov API which than receives the current weather information. .FUNCTIONALITY API Calls, JSON, Terminal Output .COMPONENT Ipinfo.io, Weather.Gov API, PowerShell .INPUTS Ipinfo.io JSON response .OUTPUTS Weather.Gov JSON response .EXAMPLE Get-CurrentindChillByIP .NOTES Developer: ITNinja01 Date: 07-03-2026 Version: 1.0.0 #> #Making a request to a public IP information service $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://ipinfo.io/json" #Extracts city, country, latitude and longitude from the response $location = $response.loc -split "," $latitude = $location[0] $longitude = $location[1] $City = $response.city $Country = $response.country #Creating variables to access weather $APIWeatherURL = "https://api.weather.gov/points/$latitude,$longitude" $CurrentWeather = Invoke-RestMethod $APIWeatherURL # Get nearest observation station $stationUrl = $CurrentWeather.properties.observationStations $stations = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $stationUrl $station = $stations.features[0].properties.stationIdentifier # Get latest observation $Observation = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.weather.gov/stations/$station/observations/latest" $WindChill = $Observation.properties.WindChill.value #Math equation for finding Fahrenheit from Celsius degrees and converting wind speed from km/h to mph $ConvertedDegree = [math]::Round(($WindChill * 9) / 5 + 32, 2) $stationName = $Observation.properties.stationname $timestamp = $Observation.properties.timestamp #Carriage return to make it easier to read in the terminal $crlf = [Environment]::NewLine Write-Host "$crlf $City, $Country Current Weather Current Temperature: $ConvertedDegree °F Observation Time: $timestamp Weather Station: $stationName $crlf " } |