CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog
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All notable changes to the Weather Chatbot project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [1.0.0] - 2026-01-15

### Added
- Initial release of Weather Chatbot
- Real-time weather data retrieval
- 5-day weather forecast support
- Weather alerts and warnings
- Natural language processing with OpenAI API
- Fallback keyword matching when OpenAI API is unavailable
- Web-based chat interface
- RESTful API endpoints
- Error handling with custom error pages (404, 500)
- Rate limiting support
- Caching support (in-memory and Redis)
- Database support (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Multi-language support framework
- Authentication and session management
- Geolocation services
- Weather comparison between cities
- Analytics and insights generation
- Weather maps and radar integration
- Notifications system (Email, SMS, Webhook, Push)
- Docker and Docker Compose support
- Comprehensive test suite
- API documentation
- Security enhancements (CORS, security headers)
- Logging system
- Health check endpoint

### Features
- Current weather conditions for any city worldwide
- Detailed weather forecasts with hourly/daily breakdowns
- Weather alerts and severe weather warnings
- Natural language query processing
- Location-based weather services
- Beautiful, responsive web interface
- Comprehensive RESTful API
- Rate limiting and caching for performance
- Secure authentication and session management
- Multi-language support infrastructure
- Weather analytics and insights
- City comparison features
- Weather maps and visualization

### Security
- Environment variable configuration
- Secure session handling
- Input validation and sanitization
- Rate limiting protection
- CORS configuration
- Security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, etc.)
- HTTPS support ready

### Documentation
- Comprehensive README.md
- API documentation (API.md)
- Code comments and docstrings
- Contributing guidelines (CONTRIBUTING.md)
- License file (LICENSE)
- Changelog (CHANGELOG.md)

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## Version History

[1.0.0] - 2026-01-15
- Initial stable release

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**Author:** RSK World (https://rskworld.in)
**Year:** 2026

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