Overview

buic is a command line tool which connects to the APIs of www.buienradar.nl to give you weather information without having to leave your terminal.

Installing

Build from source

Download the source code, either by cloning the repo or downloading a zip with the code from Releases. Then run

cargo build

Download binary

Find your OS under Releases and download the version you want. Unpack and move the binary into your $PATH.

Usage

buic [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  rain     Get rain data 2h into the future for any lat/lon pair in NL/BE. Defaults to Utrecht
  weather  Get more detailed weather info from the buienradar.nl JSON API
  help     Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>      Output file, stdout if not present
  -f, --filetype <FILETYPE>  Output filetype [possible values: csv, json]
  -h, --help                 Print help

Right now the CLI supports two main modes:

• rain: Get the rain forecast 2h into the future for any LAT/LON pair in NL/BE
• weather: Get the actuals of any measuring station in NL/BE based on name or get a nationwide forecast up to 5 days into the future

rain

Get rain data 2h into the future for any lat/lon pair in NL/BE. Defaults to Utrecht

buic rain [OPTIONS]

Options:
      --latitude <LATITUDE>    Latitude> [default: 52.0907]
      --longitude <LONGITUDE>  Longitude [default: 5.1214]
  -h, --help                   Print help

e.g.

buic rain --latitude 51.1 --longitude 4.9231

weather: actuals

Get actual weather data from weather stations around the Benelux

Usage: buic weather actuals --station <STATION>

Options:
  -s, --station <STATION>  Name of the weather station for which you want to get actual weather data
  -h, --help               Print help

e.g.

buic weather actuals -s Arnhem

weather: forecast

Get the country wide forecast for 1-5 days into the future

Usage: buic weather forecast --n-days <N_DAYS>

Options:
  -n, --n-days <N_DAYS>  Number of days into the future to get forecast for
  -h, --help             Print help

e.g.

buic weather forecast -n 2