Pushed out a fix today…
Most weather sources give snow in the liquid equivalent, thus you need to multiply by 10 for snow.
Turns out OpenWeather does this math for us, and I was over estimating the snow by a factor of 10. Today I’m expecting 1.6" of snow & ice, module was saying 16" - prompting today’s fix!
Fixed.
Also worth noting that OpenWeatherMap has an API that is really close in format. They have a guide on migrating:
@sdetweil
Just learned that apps using DarkSky end on 1/1/23, but the API is actually on until March 31, 2023
So I’m about 3 months early…
So DarkSky, and its weather API will be shutting down on 1/1/2023. Expect a large number of weather modules to break and stop updating.
There are a number of alternative weather modules out here. I have one, lots of folks have been hard at work updating others. Please be ready to direct folks coming to the forums with broken modules issues to the right answer.
See also: https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532275/dark-sky-app-stop-working-january-1st-alternatives
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532275/dark-sky-app-stop-working-january-1st-alternatives
So DarkSky, and its weather API will be shutting down on 1/1/2023. Expect a large number of weather modules to break and stop updating.
There are a number of alternative weather modules out here. I have one, lots of folks have been hard at work updating others. Please be ready to direct folks coming to the forums with broken modules issues to the right answer.
@FlatPepsi So I finally added an option I wanted, but never got around to doing. I originally wanted this module to let me know if I needed to get up early and shovel the driveway… which means I want daily precipitation totals handy.
Now it’s available as an option!
The latest code can be found on GitHub. Let me know if you find any bugs. Precipitation totals use inches or mm/cm, following the existing Imperial/Metric setting.
Enjoy!
@sdetweil Every search I’ve done only pulls up modules to display bitcoin price from 3rd parties. I’m looking for a way to pull data from my own bitcoin node & blockchain data - which I’ve yet to see anyone do with a module.
If you run across one, I’d love to see it.
@Bobrae Not currently - I’ll have to look into that.
I may be doing this all wrong, so feel free to point out where I’m off.
I want to send an RCP call to my own BTC node, and I can do it in Postman. I’ve tried using a “getjsonp()” call, but I’m not even sure if that’s the right method.
If there’s a good example module out there that already calls the BTC Code API, I’d love to play with it.
Any advice?
@sdetweil
Good question. I haven’t tried it- but I’d imagine it would work. Biggest thing to watch is hitting the API’s limit for pulling forecast data, so turn that down accordingly.