Can not use newly supported Ambient Weather sensor as manufacturer will not provide APP key

OhioSpyderman commented 5 years ago

Home Assistant release with the issue:

0.85.0

Last working Home Assistant release (if known): Ambient Weather Support is new to 0.85.0

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):

I run HA under Windows 10 (64 bit)

Component/platform:

https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.ambient_station/

Description of problem: When I emailed the Ambient Weather support team for an APP key (I already have an API key), I received the following response:

"Its not the way the app key works.

There is one unique app key per app. Each app key has many users (not the other way around).

The author should hard code the app key"

They won't provide me with the APP key. Without it, HA errors out saying its missing. They provided the following link:

https://ambientweather.net/help/i-need-an-application-key-for-home-assistant/

I would love to be able to use the new Ambient Weather support just included in 0.85.0, but I can't get the key from Ambient Weather!

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

None

Traceback (if applicable):

N.A.

Additional information: Feel free to email me at bstirling@yahoo.com if there is anything I can do to help

marchingphoenix commented 5 years ago

Hey @OhioSpyderman someone beat you to it, i'm going to close this and add your comment to #19932

OhioSpyderman commented 5 years ago

Thank you sir! Bob.

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Hey @OhioSpyderman someone beat you to it, i'm going to close this and add your comment to #19932

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Can not use newly supported Ambient Weather sensor as manufacturer will not provide APP key #19933