The organizations placing weather forecasts in the Internet assign for the cities digital or alphabetic codes. They are used, in particular, by programs or scripts, automatically collecting information on weather from web pages.
Instruction
1. On the website Gismeteo the identifiers of the most often required are four-digit, and the others - five-digit. In the beginning try to find the name of the desirable city or settlement on the homepage of the website. If it does not turn out, enter the corresponding request in the field located over the list and then click "Find". In the appeared list of results select the first of links. When the page with information on weather in the city interesting you is loaded, look at an address bar of the browser - URL will come to an end on number. It is also the identifier.
2. Website "Yandex. Weather" used digital codes of the fixed five-digit length earlier. After upgrade on it alphabetic identifiers began to be used. To learn what alphabetic code corresponds to your city or the settlement, in the beginning follow the link "Other City" then select at first the country, then the region, and then the city. It is also possible to enter its name in the field located in the top part of the page and then to click "Find". After transition to the page of the city or the settlement its identifier will also become a part of URL which is in an address bar of the browser.
3. The This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. resource also uses alphabetic identifiers of the cities. Process of their search is similar "to Yandex described above in relation to the website. Weather". Instead of click-through "Other city" for an output of the list of settlements click "Select the City".
4. Before making the program or a script for automatic information acquisition about weather, read terms of service of that website from which you wish to obtain this information. The link to this document is located in the lower part of the main page of a resource. In it it is told what methods of the automated data collection can be used and what it is impossible. Remember that violation of conditions of this agreement can lead to blocking of your computer according to the account or the IP address. And if your actions are regarded as the hacker attack, also prosecution from the owner of the website is not excluded.