Weather Api incorporation to our website (Express)

// Requiring and bindingExpress


const express=require("express");

const app=express();

//Requiring Body-parser

const bodyParser=require("body-parser");


// Requirng Https

const https= require("https");


//Using Body-parser with express

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}));



// Get request using Express

app.get("/",(req,res)=>{

  res.sendFile(__dirname+"/index.html")

});

app.post("/",(req,res)=>{

    console.log();

    // Incororating API Endpoint

    const appKey = "d482678f9db290646f15671a90add5ee";

    const query = req.body.cityName;

    const unit="metric";

    const url= "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q="+query+"&appid="+appKey+"&units="+unit;

    // Get request using HTTPS

    https.get(url,(response)=>{

      // Capturing data from the end point using on method

      response.on("data",(data)=>{

        const weatherData= JSON.parse(data);

        const temp= weatherData.main.temp;

        const description=weatherData.weather[0].description;

        const icon=weatherData.weather[0].icon;

        const imageUrl="http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/" + icon + "@2x.png"

        res.write("<p>The Weather is currently: "+description+ "</p>")

        res.write("<img src="+imageUrl+">");

        res.write("<h1>The temperature in "+query+" is "+ temp +" degrees Celcius</h1>")

        res.send();

      });


    });

  })


app.listen(3000,()=>{

  console.log("Server up and Running");

});



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