Can someone help me understand "updateInterval"? DarkSky is charging me a lot of money.

raymondjspigot

updateInterval: 15 * 60 * 1000, //every 15 minutes or whatever you choose
that’s the original ^ and I updated the 15 to 60.

I guess I don’t understand what each number represents. Milliseconds, Seconds, Minutes? >

Hi @cotxwx - I think the updateInterval in the original is currently set to 15 minutes. The time will be based in milliseconds, so reading it right-to-left that gives you

1000 (milliseconds per second) x 60 (seconds per minute) x 15 = a 15 minute interval

which I think ends up being clearer than just giving a sort of anonymous/unit-free total (e.g. 900000 or something like that)

hope this helps anyway

sdetweil

@raymondjspigot these should all be adjusted to minutes for the user, and multiply under the covers to avoid this unnecessary confusion

lavolp3

@cotxwx You mentioned MMM-NOAA3.
The readme gives the possibility to choose other APIs.
I would suggest to do that.

taikonaut

@cotxwx maybe you just want to switch the module…

The fork
https://github.com/gerjomarty/MMM-DarkSkyForecast

uses the openweather API. Works like charm.

Amninnar

@cotxwx There is some new info about it and how it goes?