Open weather Api 3.0

sdetweil

@Peter there are multiple providers under weather, some need locationId, some need location name, some need lat/lon

the top section of the doc applies to all providers, and further down is specifics for each provider

if it works, then it works.

limited calls per day 1000 I think., so their doc says

divide seconds per day by 1000

stay under that rate.

we will next release fixes July 1, every 90 days

Peter

@sdetweil thanks for your help but I cannot get it working.
Maybe somebody else has an idea how to get it working?
Peter

sdetweil

@Peter I took the sample
and added my 3.0 api key… no other changes, I commented out provider as openweather is the default
my 2.5 key did not work

          {
      module: "weather",
      position: "top_right",
      header: "Weather Forecast",
      config: {
        //weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
        type: "forecast",
        location: "New York",
        locationID: "5128581", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
        apiKey: "mykey"
      }
    },
      {
        module: "weather",
        position: "top_right",
        config: {  // type:"current is default"
          location: "New York",
          locationID: "5128581", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
          apiKey: "mykey", 
        }
      },

sorry, had some funky icons in test…
also had three instances, picked wrong 2… forecast first, current second

Screenshot at 2024-05-04 12-02-46.png

Peter

@sdetweil ok, I did the same, so I removed apiVersion:‘3.0’, now it works.
But how can I see if it works on version 2.5 or version 3.0?
And how do I recognise a version 3.0 Api key?
On the site of Openweather I have several Api keys, but how to recognise a version 3.0?
Peter

sdetweil

@Peter they don’t tell you. I have many as well.

they will tell you to try it… not much use

version 3 is only one endpoint, onecall
I don’t know how to force the module like that, it changes the endpoint based on the type (current, forecast…)

Peter

@sdetweil ok, I will see what happens when 2.5 stops working.
Have a nice day.
Peter

nkc

Hi Just to clarify - I just need to change the api version number from 2.5 to 3.0 or Do I need to subscribe again for api version 3.0. ?
Thanks,
Neel.

sdetweil

@nkc as I understand it yes. 3.0 requires a payment if you exceed the free limit so you must provide a credit card up front.

aaronaxvig

I found this thread when my usage of the openweathermap.org API stopped working a few days ago. I guess they actually did cut off the API 2.5 users now? Anyways, I have it working using the 3.0 API now. A few comments to help anyone:

I did add my credit card info on my account but I am not 100% sure this was necessary.
I am using the same API key as before.
The locationID value does not appear to work any more. So I have replaced the locationID config lines with lat and lon lines.
The timezone was getting appended to the header so I had to start setting appendLocationNameToHeader to false.

Before example:

{
    module: "weather",
    position: "top_right",
    header: "Hollywood, FL",
    config: {
        weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
        type: "current",
        location: "Hollywood, FL",
        locationID: "4158928",
        apiKey: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        roundTemp: true
    }
},

After example:

{
    module: "weather",
    position: "top_left",
    header: "Mandan, ND",
    config: {
        weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
        type: "current",
        lat: "46.8258",
        lon: "-100.88875",
        apiKey: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        apiVersion: "3.0",
        appendLocationNameToHeader: false,
        weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
        roundTemp: true
    }
},

sdetweil

@aaronaxvig yes, thanks for articulating that all in one post.