further development was precipitated

modules/rain/rain.js

@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ var rain = function(dbot) {
     var commands = {
         '~rain': function(event) {
             var apikey = dbot.config.rain.apikey;
-            var precip = event.params[1];
+            var place = "Aberystwyth"; // you probably need to change the formulae if you change location
+            var url = "http://api.wunderground.com/api/" + apikey + "/conditions/q/CA/" + place + ".json";
+            request(url, function(error, response, body) {
+                if(response.statusCode == "200") {
+                    var data = JSON.parse(body);
+                    var precip = data["precip_1hr_metric"];
                     var score = 2 * Math.pow(precip,0.5); 
                     score = Math.ceil(score);
                     if (score > 10) { score = 11; }
-            event.reply(dbot.t("rain-"+score));
+                } else {
+                    var score = "e";
+                }
+                event.reply(dbot.t("rain-"+score+"[ " + score + " ]"));
+            });
         }
     };
 

modules/rain/strings.json

@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@
     },
     "rain-11": {
         "english" : "LOL U PROBABLY DIED"
+    },
+    "rain-e": {
+        "english" : "Unable to fetch weather data."
     }
 }