"Invalid Date" appears in Weather module. MM v2.29.0

[sdetweil]

@reilley ok, next thing

weather is done all in browser,
on the MagicMirror screen ctrl-shift-i to
open the developer window, select the console tab,
put wea in the filter field

look for any messages

[reilley]

@reilley - oh, I think I know what’s wrong now.

[reilley]

@sdetweil - you’re gonna laugh, but I found the issue. I was using an inactive API key. My backup was too old and was before the v2.29.0 API 3.0 requirement. Sorry to drag you through this!

[sdetweil]

@reilley glad you found it!

[cgillinger]

@reilley I just realized I experienced something similar, but I was preoccupied with other tasks and didn’t take the time to investigate.

Here’s a screenshot for reference:
https://github.com/cgillinger/MMM-WeatherEffects/blob/main/screenshots/rich.png

Based on my screenshots (as mentioned, I was focused on tweaking the module and only noticed it afterward), it seems to be intermittent.

I’m using api-free providers, eg SMHI.

[VinGroot]

I have the same issue. These are my settings:

  module: "weather",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    lat: "52.262524",
    lon: "6.797571",        
    apiKey: "****",
    appendLocationNameToHeader: false,
    type: "current",
    degreeLabel: true,
    decimalSymbol: ",",
    showWindDirection: false,
    showFeelsLike: false

[sdetweil]

@VinGroot current release is 2.30 . still happening there ?

[VinGroot]

@sdetweil yes, still happening.
just noticed this second page, trouble shooting now. I get a 401 unauthorized error.

[sdetweil]

@VinGroot well 401 means apikey not right

[VinGroot]

I figured it out. I use the free plan, so I cannot use API version 3.0. I have to use API version 2.5. Furthermore I have to use the /weather endpoint.

I got it working again by adding these 2 settings:

apiVersion: '2.5'
weatherEndpoint: "/weather"