SkyFetch - Real-Time Weather Application

Project Description

SkyFetch is a real-time weather application designed with a 6-layer Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to ensure modularity, scalability, and efficient data exchange. Users can input a city name to fetch live weather updates retrieved from the OpenWeather API. The application leverages multiple service layers, including SOAP and gRPC, to enhance interoperability and structured service communication.

Features

• Modern User Interface: Developed with Vue.js for a responsive and intuitive user experience.
• Application Layer: Built using Express.js to manage data routing and API interactions.
• Real-Time Weather Data Integration: Fetches weather data from the OpenWeather API.
• 6-Layer SOA Architecture for Scalability & Maintainability:
  • Frontend Layer: User interface for weather queries.
  • Application Layer: Handles request processing and routing.
  • Service Layer: Transforms and validates data for consistency.
  • External API Layer: Manages integration with the OpenWeather API.
  • SOAP Layer: Ensures structured communication using SOAP protocol.
  • gRPC Layer: Provides high-performance RPC communication.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16 or higher
• NPM or Yarn
• OpenWeather API Key

Installing Dependencies

Backend

npm install express cors axios soap @grpc/grpc-js @grpc/proto-loader

Frontend

cd frontend_layer
npm install

Running the Application

Starting the Backend Services

node application_layer/index.js  # Runs the core backend service
node soap_layer/soap.js          # Starts the SOAP service
node grpc_layer/grpcserver.js    # Runs the gRPC server

Starting the Frontend

cd frontend_layer
npm run serve

Usage

Once all services are running, open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to interact with the application.

Project Architecture

1. Frontend Layer: Vue.js-based user interface for querying weather data.
2. Application Layer: Express.js-based backend service handling requests and responses.
3. Service Layer: Data transformation and validation layer to maintain integrity.
4. External API Layer: Interfaces with OpenWeather API for real-time data retrieval.
5. SOAP Layer: Enables structured and interoperable communication using SOAP.
6. gRPC Layer: Facilitates fast and efficient remote procedure calls (RPC).

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Make your changes and commit (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Open a pull request.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.