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"""Basic public API request example.

This module calls Open-Meteo for Hamburg with Python standard-library tools.

The endpoint requires no API key, credentials or tokens.

"""

from __future__ import annotations

import json

from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError

from urllib.request import urlopen

OPEN_METEO_URL = (

"https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast"

"?latitude=53.5503"

"&longitude=10.0007"

"&current=temperature_2m,precipitation,cloud_cover,wind_speed_10m"

)

def main() -> None:

try:

with urlopen(OPEN_METEO_URL, timeout=15) as response:

raw_body = response.read().decode("utf-8")

except (HTTPError, URLError, TimeoutError) as exc:

print(f"API request failed: {exc}")

return

data = json.loads(raw_body)

print("Top-level JSON keys:")

print(list(data.keys()))

print("\nCurrent weather values:")

current = data.get("current", {})

for key, value in current.items():

print(f"{key}: {value}")

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()

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