MMM-OpenWeatherForecast

[Ray]

Does anyone know what’s going on with MMM-OpenWeatherForecast
all I’m getting is its loading
even on my virtual mirror it’s doing exactly the same thing
I tried different coordinates and it is doing the seem thing
I went to the website and everything checks out just fine my app key is still intact and I can see the current weather on their weather map
so I am at a loss on what’s going on here

{
			disabled: false,
			module: "MMM-OpenWeatherForecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Concord/Walnut Creek",
			config: {
				apikey: " ",     // only string here
				latitude: 37.9780 ,                             // Concord's coordinates
				longitude: -122.0311 ,
			    units: "imperial",
			    iconset: "3c",
			    requestDelay: 250,                              // requestDelay In milliseconds
			    useAnimatedIcons: true,                         // animation can only be on one
                updateInterval: 10,                             // minutes
                showFeelsLikeTemp: false,
                showSummary: true,                              // false stop weather alerts from displaying
       		        
		        forecastHeaderText: "Hourly Forecast",          // Text for the header
				forecastLayout: "tiled",                        // Can be set to tiled or table
				
				showHourlyForecast: true,                       // show hourly forecast information
				hourlyForecastInterval: 3,                      // How many hours apart each listed hourly
				maxHourliesToShow: 3,                           // How many hourly forecasts
				 
		        showDailyForecast: false                        // show daily forecast information
			}
		},

[butchkemper]

@JohnGalt

The api call daily threshold for billing is 1,000. The default setting is to update every 10 minutes and that equals to 144 daily calls.

Butch

[froboz]

@Ray I have the same issue right after I did the upgrade. I came here to check and the first post I see describes the exact issue I have.

[sdetweil]

@froboz @Ray and you both opened new 3.0 apikeys, right? its required

[MarcLandis]

@froboz @Ray make sure you have the following parameter in your config:

apiBaseURL: “https://api.openweathermap.org/data/3.0/onecall?”

and get a V3 API key from https://openweathermap.org/

[Ray]

@MarcLandis I haven’t done any updates on my two mirrors for several years now because they’ve been working just fine
so I’m pretty sure I do not have version 3

[ForestQ]

Are V3 APIs paid-only?

[Ray]

@ForestQ so if I’m understanding this correctly
it won’t work unless I pay for?

[sdetweil]

@Ray @ForestQ openweather has gone to a new model.

they count the number of api requests. with a certain number not charged. today they allow 1000 calls per day before charging .

BUT , you must supply the card they will charge against to make any calls.

[Ray]

@sdetweil well how nice is that all these years it was free now you have to pay for

[Ray]

@sdetweil I also updated the configuration to version 3.0
and then got a new app key when I got the new app key it didn’t work
I only have two apt keys and I created a new one

[sdetweil]

@Ray yes, many of the apis we use have gone to pay for models. i would plan for more doing the same

there are still some free. Piratesky has a clone of the older Darksky api. check the module list, shown in the header above for the modules using that

[Ray]

@sdetweil that’s sad everybody wants money these days
thank you for your help I will certainly try Piratesky

[sdetweil]

@Ray to be fair, it costs money to provide the api. especially as the amount of traffic increases.

we were notified by calendarlabs (holiday calendar used as default), that a lot of MagicMirror systems were requesting the calendar every 5 minutes. we changed our rate to once a week, maybe still too fast.

[Ray]

@sdetweil I am always want to pay for really good service I’ve even been known to donate to the cause which in something like this I think would be more beneficial

[Rakutsi]

I had the same problem . Solved it by adding
apiVersion: “2.5”,

Since the default changed from 2.5 to 3.0

[sdetweil]

@Rakutsi the 2.5 api is dead, for a couple months now

[Rakutsi]

@sdetweil just wanted to say that it worked for me to do that.

I am new with posting here.

[megagprime]

I am also struggling with the new api call. I have set the apiBaseURL string and tried a new api key, but still not loading. The openweather site is a bit confusing, how do i make an V3 api key? i only see option for new key. Thanks

[sdetweil]

@megagprime you have to
provide a credit card in case you go over the 1000 requests per day limit

[megagprime]

@sdetweil i did that and have it subscribed, my old key doesnt work and neither does my new key