PSA: DarkSky shuts down Jan 1st. expect broken weather

FlatPepsi

@sdetweil
Just learned that apps using DarkSky end on 1/1/23, but the API is actually on until March 31, 2023

https://blog.darksky.net/

So I’m about 3 months early…

sdetweil

@FlatPepsi still good info

01ZerosOnes01

Well just to let you know I have 2 magicmirrors using MMM-DarkSkyRadar and both are now showing nothing. It is 11:45 pm CST new years eve.

01ZerosOnes01

Does anyone know of another module that displays radar?
TIA

mattkab

@01ZerosOnes01 It doesn’t look as nice as the screenshot on the MMM-DarkSkyRadar github, but I’ve been using MMM-RAIN-MAP, and it’s been working well.

Current screenshot:

01ZerosOnes01

@mattkab Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll give it a try.

bhepler

@FlatPepsi - To be fair, DarkSky has been pushing that date back every so often. I think originally it was going to terminate on 1 December 2022.

wishmaster270

Found an article that there is a developer who is providing a replacement api for darksky which is called Pirate Weather.
If i read correctly it should be a plugin-in replacement for Darksky and only the URLs in the modules need to be changed as the same data structures are used.
As i do not use any Darksky modules i did not test it but i found it interesting and it might be worth looking at it.

karsten13

@wishmaster270 said in PSA: DarkSky shuts down Jan 1st. expect broken weather:

and it might be worth looking at it

can you open an issue on github for this?

The darksky api is already removed on develop but it should be discussed if we use this replacement instead.

wishmaster270

@karsten13
Hi,
and done: Issue