introduce helpers.uri (curl replacement) & migrate widget/weather to it

- new dependency: needs libsoup gi installation (smaller than gvfs)
- [breaking] weather: (current/|orecast)_call changed to (current|forecast)_uri
- [breaking] weather: use `current` and `forecast` to avoid weather_now
  clobbering
- weather: display something useful by default
- weather: render the hour of the forecast by default since the default
  forecast is 5 days by 3h increments
- weather: add degree symbol to temperatures by default

helpers.lua

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 local spawn  = require("awful.spawn")
 local timer  = require("gears.timer")
+local gdebug = require("gears.debug")
 local debug  = require("debug")
 local io     = { lines = io.lines,
                  open  = io.open }
 local pairs  = pairs
 local rawget = rawget
 local tsort  = table.sort
 local unpack = unpack or table.unpack -- lua 5.1 retro-compatibility
+local lgi    = require("lgi")
 
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers
@@ -132,6 +134,25 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
+-- {{{ Network functions
+
+-- fetch a http uri using lgi.Soup
+function helpers.uri(uri, callback, error_handler)
+    error_handler = error_handler or gdebug.print_error
+    local ss = lgi.Soup.Session()
+    local msg = lgi.Soup.Message.new('GET', uri)
+    ss:send_and_read_async(msg, lgi.GLib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, nil, function(_, resp, _)
+        local buf, err = ss:send_and_read_finish(resp)
+        if err then
+            error_handler(err)
+        elseif buf then
+            callback(buf:get_data())
+        end
+    end)
+end
+
+-- }}}
+
 -- {{{ A map utility
 
 helpers.map_table = {}

widget/weather.lua

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local type     = type
 local tonumber = tonumber
 
 -- OpenWeatherMap
--- current weather and X-days forecast
+-- current weather and 5d/3h forecast
 -- lain.widget.weather
 
 local function factory(args)
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ local function factory(args)
     local weather               = { widget = args.widget or wibox.widget.textbox() }
     local APPID                 = args.APPID -- mandatory api key
     local timeout               = args.timeout or 900 -- 15 min
-    local current_call          = args.current_call  or "curl -s 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=%s&lon=%s&APPID=%s&units=%s&lang=%s'"
-    local forecast_call         = args.forecast_call or "curl -s 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?lat=%s&lon=%s&APPID=%s&cnt=%s&units=%s&lang=%s'"
+    local current_uri           = args.current_uri or "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=%s&lon=%s&APPID=%s&units=%s&lang=%s"
+    local forecast_uri          = args.forecast_uri or "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?lat=%s&lon=%s&APPID=%s&cnt=%s&units=%s&lang=%s"
     local lat                   = args.lat or 0 -- placeholder
     local lon                   = args.lon or 0 -- placeholder
     local units                 = args.units or "metric"
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ local function factory(args)
     local notification_preset   = args.notification_preset or {}
     local notification_text_fun = args.notification_text_fun or
                                   function (wn)
-                                      local day = os.date("%a %d", wn["dt"])
+                                      local day = os.date("%a %d %H:%M", wn["dt"])
                                       local temp = math.floor(wn["main"]["temp"])
                                       local desc = wn["weather"][1]["description"]
-                                      return string.format("<b>%s</b>: %s, %d ", day, desc, temp)
+                                      return string.format("<b>%s</b>: %s, %d°", day, desc, temp)
                                   end
     local weather_na_markup     = args.weather_na_markup or " N/A "
     local followtag             = args.followtag or false
@@ -88,18 +88,17 @@ local function factory(args)
     end
 
     function weather.forecast_update()
-        local cmd = string.format(forecast_call, lat, lon, APPID, cnt, units, lang)
-
-        helpers.async(cmd, function(f)
+        local uri = string.format(forecast_uri, lat, lon, APPID, cnt, units, lang)
+        helpers.uri(uri, function(f)
             local err
-            weather_now, _, err = json.decode(f, 1, nil)
+            forecast, _, err = json.decode(f, 1, nil)
 
-            if not err and type(weather_now) == "table" and tonumber(weather_now["cod"]) == 200 then
+            if not err and type(forecast) == "table" and tonumber(forecast["cod"]) == 200 then
                 weather.notification_text = ""
-                for i = 1, weather_now["cnt"], math.floor(weather_now["cnt"] / cnt) do
+                for i = 1, forecast["cnt"], math.floor(forecast["cnt"] / cnt) do
                     weather.notification_text = weather.notification_text ..
-                                                notification_text_fun(weather_now["list"][i])
-                    if i < weather_now["cnt"] then
+                                                notification_text_fun(forecast["list"][i])
+                    if i < forecast["cnt"] then
                         weather.notification_text = weather.notification_text .. "\n"
                     end
                 end
@@ -108,17 +107,18 @@ local function factory(args)
     end
 
     function weather.update()
-        local cmd = string.format(current_call, lat, lon, APPID, units, lang)
-
-        helpers.async(cmd, function(f)
+        local uri = string.format(current_uri, lat, lon, APPID, units, lang)
+        helpers.uri(uri, function(f)
             local err
-            weather_now, _, err = json.decode(f, 1, nil)
+            current, _, err = json.decode(f, 1, nil)
 
-            if not err and type(weather_now) == "table" and tonumber(weather_now["cod"]) == 200 then
-                local sunrise = tonumber(weather_now["sys"]["sunrise"])
-                local sunset  = tonumber(weather_now["sys"]["sunset"])
-                local icon    = weather_now["weather"][1]["icon"]
+            if not err and type(current) == "table" and tonumber(current["cod"]) == 200 then
+                local sunrise = tonumber(current["sys"]["sunrise"])
+                local sunset  = tonumber(current["sys"]["sunset"])
+                local icon    = current["weather"][1]["icon"]
                 local loc_now = os.time()
+                local city    = current["name"]
+                local temp    = current["main"]["temp"]
 
                 if sunrise <= loc_now and loc_now <= sunset then
                     icon = string.gsub(icon, "n", "d")
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ local function factory(args)
 
                 weather.icon_path = icons_path .. icon .. ".png"
                 widget = weather.widget
+                widget:set_markup(string.format("%s %d°", city, temp))
                 settings()
             else
                 weather.icon_path = icons_path .. "na.png"
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ local function factory(args)
         end)
     end
 
+
     if showpopup == "on" then weather.attach(weather.widget) end
 
     weather.timer = helpers.newtimer("weather-" .. lat .. ":" .. lon, timeout, weather.update, false, true)