{"id":636,"date":"2024-02-03T17:11:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2024-03-04T02:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T00:10:30","slug":"raspberry-pi-gps-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup GPS module with Raspberry Pi?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">At first, I simply wanted to connect the NEO-6M GPS module to my Raspberry Pi 4, but obtaining coordinates without their further use seemed uninteresting. Therefore, below is the process of connecting the module, as well as Python scripts for querying the openweathermap weather service API, receiving weather forecasts from it, and sending them via a Telegram bot.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">\u0417\u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/#Connecting_the_GPS_module\" title=\"Connecting the GPS module\">Connecting the GPS module<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/#Script_for_obtaining_coordinates_from_the_GPS_module\" title=\"Script for obtaining coordinates from the GPS module\">Script for obtaining coordinates from the GPS module<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/#Script_for_obtaining_weather_forecast_through_the_openweathermaporg_API\" title=\"Script for obtaining weather forecast through the openweathermap.org API\">Script for obtaining weather forecast through the openweathermap.org API<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/#Creating_a_chatbot_in_Telegram\" title=\"Creating a chatbot in Telegram\">Creating a chatbot in Telegram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-gps-module\/#Lets_put_everything_together\" title=\"Let’s put everything together\">Let’s put everything together<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connecting_the_GPS_module\"><\/span>Connecting the GPS module<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">For this we have a scheme:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-244\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00532_Raspberry_Pi_NEO-6M_GPS-Modul_-_Schaltplan.png\" alt=\"gps module\" width=\"516\" height=\"273\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00532_Raspberry_Pi_NEO-6M_GPS-Modul_-_Schaltplan.png 516w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:300\/h:159\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00532_Raspberry_Pi_NEO-6M_GPS-Modul_-_Schaltplan.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We install the necessary packages:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo pip install pynmea2\r\nsudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients gpsd-tools minicom<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Then we modify the configuration after saving the current one:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo cp \/boot\/cmdline.txt \/boot\/cmdline.txt.bak\r\nsudo nano \/boot\/cmdline.txt<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Replace the settings with the following ones:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo nano \/boot\/config.txt<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Add to the end of the file:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>dtparam=spi=on\r\ndtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt\r\ncore_freq=250\r\nenable_uart=1\r\nforce_turbo=1\r\ninit_uart_baud=9600<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reboot the mini-computer:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo reboot now<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Configure the GPS module to a baud rate of 9600:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>stty -F \/dev\/ttyAMA0 9600<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kill all gpsd processes and add the device to the configuration:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo killall gpsd\r\nsudo nano \/etc\/default\/gpsd<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We are interested in the DEVICES parameter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>DEVICES=\"\/dev\/ttyAMA0\"<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Restart the software:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl enable gpsd.socket\r\nsudo systemctl start gpsd.socket \r\nsudo cgps -s<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We should get something like this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/coordinates-gpsd.jpg\" alt=\"gpsd\" width=\"1010\" height=\"616\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/coordinates-gpsd.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:300\/h:183\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/coordinates-gpsd.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:768\/h:468\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/coordinates-gpsd.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Note<\/strong> that for the first time, the GPS module may take up to 20 minutes to acquire coordinates from satellites; subsequent acquisition times will be faster.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Script_for_obtaining_coordinates_from_the_GPS_module\"><\/span>Script for obtaining coordinates from the GPS module<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now we need to write a Python script that will read latitude and longitude from the GPS module. We will expand it further later. Initially, it will look something like this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#! \/usr\/bin\/python\r\nfrom gps import *\r\nimport time\r\nimport subprocess\r\nimport sys\r\n\r\ngpsd = gps(mode=WATCH_ENABLE|WATCH_NEWSTYLE)\r\n\r\nwhile True:\r\n    report = gpsd.next()\r\n    if report['class'] == 'TPV':\r\n      print(str(getattr(report,'lat',0.0)))\r\n      print(str(getattr(report,'lon',0.0)))\r\n    time.sleep(3)<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Result:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"python script\" width=\"506\" height=\"114\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png 506w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:300\/h:68\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Script_for_obtaining_weather_forecast_through_the_openweathermaporg_API\"><\/span>Script for obtaining weather forecast through the openweathermap.org API<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To begin with, register on <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/openweathermap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openweathermap.org<\/a>, go to the API keys section of your account, and generate a new key. Alternatively, you can use the default key.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:396\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-249\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:396\/q:eco\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png\" alt=\"openweather api key\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" title=\"\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:396\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:300\/h:116\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 300w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:768\/h:297\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 768w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1536\/h:594\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 1536w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 1682w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">First, let’s learn how to simply retrieve weather data from the API using our key:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>import requests\r\napi_url = 'https:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.5\/onecall?'\r\n\r\nparams = dict(\r\n    lat=<strong>YOUR_LATITUDE<\/strong>,\r\n    lon=<strong>YOUR_LONGITUDE<\/strong>,\r\n    appid='<strong>YOUR_<em>API_KEY<\/em><\/strong>',\r\n    units='metric',\r\n    exclude='minutely,daily',\r\n    lang='ua'\r\n)\r\n\r\nresp = requests.get(url=api_url, params=params)\r\nprint(resp.json())<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_chatbot_in_Telegram\"><\/span>Creating a chatbot in Telegram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As I have detailed this step in the previous project ‘<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-opencv-object-recognition-and-notifications-via-telegram-bot\/\">Raspberry Pi + OpenCV: object recognition and notifications via Telegram bot<\/a>‘ I won’t repeat it here. You can simply refer to the relevant section on <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/en-gb\/raspberry-pi-opencv-object-recognition-and-notifications-via-telegram-bot\/#Setting_up_a_Telegram_bot_for_Raspberry_Pi\">Setting up a Telegram bot for Raspberry Pi<\/a>. The main thing at this step is to create a chatbot and obtain the token and chat ID.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_put_everything_together\"><\/span>Let’s put everything together<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Well, we have some simplified versions of scripts that query the GPS module to obtain coordinates. Additionally, we have a separate script for fetching weather information based on coordinates from the weather service API, and we also have a chatbot. Now it’s time to expand the functionality of these scripts and integrate everything into a cohesive whole.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The workflow algorithm will be as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Run the main script: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1.1. Obtain coordinates from the GPS module. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1.2. Launch the next script and pass the coordinates to it.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The next script receives coordinates from the previous one and: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2.1. Makes an API request to the weather service with the coordinates. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2.2. Parses the received response. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2.3. Sends the parsed response to Telegram.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Taking into account the described algorithm above, the main script might look like this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>from gps import *\r\nimport time\r\nimport sys\r\n\r\ngpsd = gps(mode=WATCH_ENABLE|WATCH_NEWSTYLE)\r\n\r\nwhile True:\r\n    report = gpsd.next()\r\n    if report['class'] == 'TPV':\r\n      latitude = str(getattr(report,'lat',0.0))\r\n      longitude = str(getattr(report,'lon',0.0))\r\n      os.system(\"python api_forecast.py \" + latitude + \" \" + longitude)\r\n      sys.exit()\r\n    time.sleep(3)<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As evident from the code, the script stores coordinates in variables and passes them as arguments when launching the next script. The <code><strong>sys<\/strong><\/code> module is used to execute the next script. After the successful execution of the subsequent script, the main script terminates its operation using the <code><strong>sys.exit()<\/strong><\/code> method.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now let’s consider the next script:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>import requests\r\nimport datetime\r\nimport sys\r\n\r\nTOKEN = \"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN\"\r\nchat_id = \"<strong>CHAT_ID<\/strong>\"\r\napi_url = 'https:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.5\/onecall?'\r\n\r\nparams = dict(\r\n    lat=sys.argv[1],\r\n    lon=sys.argv[2],\r\n    appid='<strong>YOUR_API_KEY<\/strong>',\r\n    units='metric',\r\n    exclude='minutely,daily',\r\n    lang='uk'\r\n)\r\n\r\nresp = requests.get(url=api_url, params=params)\r\ndata = resp.json()\r\nforecast = ''\r\nlimit = 12\r\nindex = 0\r\nfor dt in data[\"hourly\"]:\r\n  forecast += \"\u0427\u0430\u0441: \" + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(dt[\"dt\"]).strftime('%d-%m %H:%M') + \"\\nTemperature: \" + str(dt[\"temp\"]) + \"\\N{DEGREE SIGN}C.\" + \" Description: \" + dt[\"weather\"][0][\"description\"] + \"\\n\\n\"\r\n  if index == limit:\r\n    break\r\n  index+=1\r\nmessage = \"Current weather:\\n\" + \"Time: \" + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(data[\"current\"][\"dt\"]).strftime('%d-%m %H:%M') + \"\\nTemperature: \" + str(data[\"current\"][\"temp\"]) + \"\\N{DEGREE SIGN}C.\" + \" Description: \" + data[\"current\"][\"weather\"][0][\"description\"] + \"\\n\\n\" + \"Today's wheather forcast:\\n\" + forecast\r\nurl = f\"https:\/\/api.telegram.org\/bot{TOKEN}\/sendMessage?chat_id={chat_id}&amp;text={message}\"\r\nrequests.get(url).json()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The described script fetches the current weather from the weather service and provides an hourly forecast for the next 12 hours. It compiles this information into a message and sends it to Telegram. To read the arguments from the main script, the <code><strong>sys.argv<\/strong><\/code> method is utilized. The Telegram message looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:450\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-250\" style=\"width: 285px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:450\/h:1024\/q:eco\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png\" alt=\"telegram bot\" width=\"450\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:450\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png 450w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:132\/h:300\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png 132w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:474\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png 768w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:474\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png 899w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/itmakerclub-forecast.png 1080w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can further enhance this script to run regularly, for example, every day at 9 AM. This way, you’ll receive the current weather and the day’s forecast directly to your Telegram regularly \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-834 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:eco\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"raspberry pi gps\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:300\/h:225\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:768\/h:576\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ml2toxnu74vy.i.optimole.com\/cb:osjj.40742\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/itmakerclub-raspberry-pi-gps-module-scaled-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>I found the folloving materials very helpful:<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1. https:\/\/github.com\/FranzTscharf\/Python-NEO-6M-GPS-Raspberry-Pi <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2. https:\/\/openweathermap.org\/api\/one-call-api <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3. https:\/\/ozzmaker.com\/using-python-with-a-gps-receiver-on-a-raspberry-pi\/<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first, I simply wanted to connect the NEO-6M GPS module to my Raspberry Pi 4, but obtaining coordinates without&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[879,811],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raspberry-pi-en","category-inernet-of-things"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmakerclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}