Post by gb0101010101 on Mar 30, 2019 21:56:02 GMT -8
Does the Weather Underground functionality still work?
I set Station ID and Key and see success response but "My Devices" on WU shows status "Offline" and clicking on "Station Name" does nothing.
I see news from over 6 months ago that their API is defunct with text saying:
If you are a Personal Weather Station owner, you will receive more information about our plan to offer free access to the data you provide to Weather Underground. We’ll reach out once that plan has been finalized.
Also WU official rep states in comments:
For PWS owner/uploaders, there is free access to an API that provides a subset of The Weather Channel's APIs. It provides:
Current observations from the PWS network
5 day daily forecast
PWS historical data
PWS lookup by geocode, zip code and location
Call volume: 1500/day, 30/minutePWS uploaders can generate their new key by logging into their Weather Underground account and looking under "API keys" in "Member Settings". Documentation for that API may be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1eKCnKXI9xnoMGRRzOL1xPCBihNV2rOet08qpE_gArAY/edit
The new key does not really "replace" the old one, because the new key does not work in old API calls, just as the old API key does not work in new API calls. The new API also does not use XML calls, only JSON calls.
Current observations from the PWS network
5 day daily forecast
PWS historical data
PWS lookup by geocode, zip code and location
Call volume: 1500/day, 30/minutePWS uploaders can generate their new key by logging into their Weather Underground account and looking under "API keys" in "Member Settings". Documentation for that API may be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1eKCnKXI9xnoMGRRzOL1xPCBihNV2rOet08qpE_gArAY/edit
The new key does not really "replace" the old one, because the new key does not work in old API calls, just as the old API key does not work in new API calls. The new API also does not use XML calls, only JSON calls.
This suggests that the the current HTTP Post will not work as that is not using API and not in JSON format.
BTW I tried to find the OurWeather Weather Underground Manual mentioned in OurWeather Manual (March 2019) but could not find it.
Please let me know if this still works. If not should it be removed from code?
