Scoping first, code ideas at bottom. Kewl?

Is this a "learn it by coding it" project or is it a "I want this thing to exist, no one has done it, but my code skills aren't quite there" project?

If the latter, would you consider iterating via llm (as you mention n8n, so I figure you're in that space anyway) or is this a purely a learn by doing thing?

Come to think of it, there is actually a third option here. You could get the LLM to teach you how to code it by writing some pseudo code and asking it for pointers / starting steps. Claude web is pretty good for that sort of thing, I think. You can get it to tailor its lessons to what you need without the tedium of starting at "Hello World".

You seem like the sort that could keep that interaction honest and not let it just do everything.

PS: I read about your setup - sounds brilliant. Go you good thing.

PPS: n8n has a Code node (JavaScript), and parsing that weather JSON into a formatted string is probably like 15 lines of code. Something like -

const data = $input.first().json;

return [{ json: { temperature: data.list[0].main.temp } }];

add a Code node after your HTTP request in n8n. Get one single value out first. If you see a temperature number in the output, you win.

Pulling Python in just to parse JSON is probably adding a tool you don't need for this.

JavaScript may be ass but it's literally there, so it's omnipresent ass. :)

Once you've got the JSON parsed, turn it into one small HTML weather card.

const data = $input.first().json; const item = data.list[0];

const html = `

return [{ json: { html } }];

(Sorry about the formatting ; Lemmy formatting is weird AF)

Anyway, as one journeyman to another, that's where I'd start poking. ICBW.