weather 7 days ago in javascript

To get the weather information for 7 days ago, you'll need to use a weather API that provides historical weather data. One such API is Dark Sky. Here's how you can do it in JavaScript:

index.tsx
const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
const LATITUDE = 'YOUR_LATITUDE';
const LONGITUDE = 'YOUR_LONGITUDE';

// Compute the timestamp for 7 days ago
const now = new Date();
const timestamp = Math.floor(now.getTime() / 1000) - 7 * 24 * 3600;

// Send a request to the Dark Sky API to get the historical weather data
fetch(`https://api.darksky.net/forecast/${API_KEY}/${LATITUDE},${LONGITUDE},${timestamp}`)
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => {
        // Extract the weather information from the API response
        const {
            temperature,
            apparentTemperature,
            humidity,
            windSpeed,
            cloudCover,
            summary
        } = data.currently;

        console.log(`On this day (${new Date(timestamp * 1000).toLocaleDateString()}), the weather was: 
            Temperature: ${temperature}°F
            Apparent temperature: ${apparentTemperature}°F
            Humidity: ${humidity}
            Wind speed: ${windSpeed} mph
            Cloud cover: ${cloudCover}
            Summary: ${summary}`);
    })
    .catch(error => console.error(error));
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Here, we create a Date object for the current date and then subtract 7 days in seconds to get the timestamp for 7 days ago. We then use the fetch method to send a request to the Dark Sky API, passing in the API key, latitude, longitude, and timestamp. We then extract the relevant weather information from the API response and log it to the console.

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