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+#! python3
+
+# Chapter 14 Project Fetching Current Weather Data
+# Prints the weather data for a location from the command line.
+
+import json
+import requests
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print('Usage: script.py location')
+    sys.exit()
+location = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
+
+url = 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/daily?q=%s&cnt=3' % (location)
+response = requests.get(url)
+response.raise_for_status()
+
+weatherData = json.loads(response.text)
+w = weatherData['list']
+print('Current weather is %s:' % (location))
+print(w[0]['weather'][0]['main'], '-', w[0]['weather'][0]['description'])
+print()
+print('Tomorrow:')
+print(w[1]['weather'][0]['main'], '-', w[1]['weather'][0]['description'])
+print()
+print('Day after tomorrow:')
+print(w[2]['weather'][0]['main'], '-', w[2]['weather'][0]['description'])
+
+# 09/2016 - DOES NOT WORK! This script no longer works due to changes made by
+# OpenWeatherMap.org and their API access.
+
+
+