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Privacywonk / MMM-Surf

MagicMirror module that pulls in tide, water temp, and Magicseaweed data to show an at-a-glance surf report for your favorite spot.
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Update Wunderground to Weather.gov #39

Closed Privacywonk closed 5 years ago

Privacywonk commented 5 years ago

Wundergorund killed their API service: https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-feb-wu-api-update

Need to rip out all WU code and replace with Weather.gov API: https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api

Privacywonk commented 5 years ago

Made decision to move to DarkSky API, which provides a more international data set vs. locking into US only resources. Accuracy of current weather forecast may diminish as Wunderground was the most accurate service available as of 2016 research: https://www.forecastwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/Three_Region_Overview_2010_201606.pdf

I will also attempt to integrate Accuweather API into the mix as an option though their API pricing is highly restrictive and costly.

AccuWeather API: https://www.developer.accuweather.com/packages AerisWeather API: https://www.aerisweather.com/signup/pricing/ Dark Sky API: https://darksky.net/dev/docs Open Weather Map API: https://www.openweathermap.org/price

See pro/cons and good breakdown of API Calls here: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/8tjavu/now_that_the_free_wunderground_api_has_been/