Weather Service Solution

Welcome to the Weather Service Solution repository! This repository contains a Visual Studio solution with three projects:

1. WeatherService: A gRPC weather service that calls a third-party service (Visual Crossing) for weather data.
2. Models: A class library containing necessary models.
3. ConsoleAppgRPC: A console application that acts as the gRPC client, allowing users to interact with the weather service.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Getting Started
• Projects
  • WeatherService
  • Models
  • ConsoleAppgRPC
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Overview

This solution demonstrates the use of gRPC to create a weather service that fetches weather data from a third-party provider, Visual Crossing. The solution includes the following projects:

1. WeatherService: A gRPC server that communicates with the Visual Crossing API to retrieve weather data.
2. Models: A class library that contains the data models used across the solution.
3. ConsoleAppgRPC: A console client application that interacts with the gRPC weather service.

Getting Started

To get started with the Weather Service Solution, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• .NET 6.0 or later
• Visual Studio 2022 or later
• An API key from Visual Crossing

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Rodern/GrpcServices.git
   cd weather-service-solution

2. Open the solution in Visual Studio:

   weather-service-solution.sln

3. Restore the NuGet packages:

   dotnet restore

Projects

WeatherService

The WeatherService project is a gRPC server that communicates with the Visual Crossing API to retrieve weather data.

• Configuration: Update the appsettings.json file with your Visual Crossing API key.
• Running the Server: Set WeatherService as the startup project and run it.

Models

The Models project is a class library that contains the data models used by both the server and client.

• Classes: The project includes classes such as Hour, Day, CurrentConditions, and Weather.

ConsoleAppgRPC

The ConsoleAppgRPC project is a console application that acts as a gRPC client, allowing users to interact with the weather service.

• Configuration: Ensure that the server is running before starting the client.
• Running the Client: Set ConsoleAppgRPC as the startup project and run it.

Usage

1. Start the Weather Service:

   • Set WeatherService as the startup project.
   • Run the project to start the gRPC server.

2. Run the Console Client:

   • Set ConsoleAppgRPC as the startup project.
   • Run the project to start the console application.
   • Interact with the weather service through the console application.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or new features.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix.
3. Commit your changes.
4. Push your branch and create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.