Weather module does not work (Please set the correct openweather appid in the...)

Klinge

Hi,
I am a complete newbie to raspberry pi. I installed the MagicMirror and now I have problems with the weather module.

When I start the MagicMirror I get the following error

Please set the correct openweather appid in the…

I have searched here in the forum, but I did not find a solution to my concrete problem.

The code in my config.js

    module: 'currentweather',
                    position: 'top_right',
                    config: {
                            location: 'New York',
                            appid: '5128581'
                    }
            },
            {
                    module: 'weatherforecast',
                    position: 'top_right',
                    header: 'Wettervorhersage',
                    config: {
                        location: 'New York',
                            locationID: '5128581',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                appid: '5128581'
                    }
            },

Is it interesting, that I start the MagicMirror in Germany?

Thanks for helping me.

yawns

As the config file suggests you need to go to http://www.openweathermap.org and request an appid from there.

Klinge

Thanks for your answer.

But I did it. In my example is the correct New York appid.

yawns

Not really.
There is a locationID to identify your location if you don’t use the location name field.
In addition you need an appid. Therefore you go to http://www.openweathermap.org, click on “Sign up” on the top and create an account. Afterwards you can generate a unique appid which should not be shown to anyone and is tight to your useraccount.

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Klinge

Ah, ok! I misunderstood the logic of appid. Now it works!

Thanks for your help!