[arm-allstar] Wunderground now IBM and new API for wx_conditions.sh

Doug Crompton wa3dsp at gmail.com
Sun Jan 12 00:45:41 EST 2020


Yes, I know that. I put my data in my last email. The problem is that API
key only works with that browser or on that computer not the Pi. The
question is getting the API key for the Pi without a graphical browser.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 11:08 PM "Danny K5CG via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I didn't know about it either. I now have my API key but there's not much
> I can do with it.
>
> If you open the URL with the key in a browser you get the data...
>
> {"observations":[{"stationID":"KTXPLANOXXX","obsTimeUtc":"2020-01-12T02:03:45Z","obsTimeLocal":"2020-01-11
> 20:03:45","neighborhood":"Hunters
> Glen","softwareType":"myAcuRite","country":"US","solarRadiation":null,"lon":-99.74350739,"realtimeFrequency":null,"epoch":1578794625,"lat":35.075737,"uv":null,"winddir":180,"humidity":97,"qcStatus":1,"imperial":{"temp":31,"heatIndex":31,"dewpt":30,"windChill":31,"windSpeed":0,"windGust":0,"pressure":29.60,"precipRate":0.00,"precipTotal":0.31,"elev":708}}]}
>
> +1 for me on this issue.
>
> Thanks
> Danny
> K5CG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: "wa3dsp" <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 7:44:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Wunderground now IBM and new API for
> wx_conditions.sh
>
> David,
>
>  I had not been following this and I did not realize it had changed so I
> quickly looked at it. It would be easy to do and I will look at doing it
> but the problem is getting an API for the Pi.  API's are based on what you
> are using to ask for the data. I was able to bring up my data for my two
> weather stations in firefox but the API does not work on the Pi. So somehow
> yet to be determined I need to get the api code when using the Pi as the
> same code used with firefox in Ubuntu does not seem to work. If you have
> been able to get an API for the Pi let me know. It also is apparently
> limited to owners of attached weather stations.
>
> Current observations for my stations -
>
> observations
> 0
> stationID "KPARICHB3"
> obsTimeUtc "2020-01-12T01:37:16Z"
> obsTimeLocal "2020-01-11 20:37:16"
> neighborhood null
> softwareType "WH2600 V4.1.3"
> country "US"
> solarRadiation 0
> lon -75.00948334
> realtimeFrequency null
> epoch 1578793036
> lat 40.22302246
> uv 0
> winddir 241
> humidity 62
> qcStatus 1
> imperial
> temp 64
> heatIndex 64
> dewpt 51
> windChill 64
> windSpeed 2
> windGust 2
> pressure 30.01
> precipRate 0
> precipTotal 0
> elev 358
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:50 PM "David via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > I recently tried to get the weather information from my personal weather
> > station (PWS) running again on my Hamvoip node. I had it working until
> > about a year ago but it seems things have changed since IBM bought
> > Wunderground.  The API has changed and now they only provide a free API
> > key if you contribute your PWS info to the system.  Has anyone revised
> > the script wx_condition.sh to collect the data using the new
> > api.weather.com URL?  The data format is now JSON.
> >
> > Dave k6dvd
> >
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