[arm-allstar] Weather script updates are out

[Doug Crompton]

Darrell,

   The weather scripts always allowed zip, airport or personal wunderground
weather station reports. The update was because wundergrounds web presence
was taken over by IBM in the last year. They completely changed the way raw
data from the stations was presented changing from an xml to a json format.
So the two weather scripts no longer worked for wunderground reports. The
update fixed that. If you are using zip or airport codes there is no change
but you do again have the ability to access wunderground weather stations
if you desire.

It has also been confirmed since my last message that apparently anyone can
get an api key regardless of whether you have a real physical station or
not. You just have to sign up at the web site and setup a fake station and
get the api key. I am not sure this will always work but it appears to for
now.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*
*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:20 AM Darrell Black <gigahacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am a little confused. I use the weather on our repeater each hour. I did
> this by adding the zip code to the time announcement. Is this the same
> thing or is there more weather accountment I didn't know about?
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 8:57 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> The weather scripts  weather.sh and wx_condition.sh have been updated with
>> RPi 2-3-4 version 1-6-08 to accept and work with the new wundergound (IBM)
>> json format for home weather stations. The prior format was xml.
>>
>> This updates the two scripts and also the two ini files which if you
>> previously changed you will need to do so again. They are very simple ini
>> files so no big deal.  The api key is blank in the two files. If you do
>> not
>> intend to use wunderground then they can be left blank. This update also
>> installs the package jq which is a command line json reader.
>>
>> I believe I have all the bases covered but it was a substantial change and
>> if there are other things that need to be done they will be. Users that
>> want to use wunderground station reporting must get an api key from the
>> web
>> site -
>>
>> https://www.wunderground.com/member/api-keys
>>
>> I have two stations and I had previously been registered so it was easy to
>> get an api key at this site. Once you have the key you should cut and
>> paste, or accurately copy it to the api_Key=  variables in
>> /etc/asterisl/local/weather.ini and wx_condition.ini files.  The two
>> scripts should otherwise work the same. Running the scripts without any
>> parameters will give parameter examples.
>>
>> Three parameters have been added - precipitation rate, solar radiation and
>> UV level for wundergound stations that provide those values.
>>
>> Since I have stations and contribute data I was able to get the api key
>> very easily. I am not sure if you have to be a contributing member to get
>> a
>> key.  Obviously the scripts will work with other services like the
>> National
>> Weather Service and using airport and zip codes if you cannot get a key.
>>
>> Please let me know how this is working for you if you use it.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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