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naofireblade / homebridge-weather-plus

A comprehensive weather plugin for homebridge.
MIT License
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Weather Underground no longer offering free API access #29

Closed molgar closed 6 years ago

molgar commented 6 years ago

It seems it is now impossible to get a free API key.

naofireblade commented 6 years ago

Oh thats disappointing. I will change the plugin to use another service then.

calanish commented 6 years ago

The OpenSprinkler project has moved to using https://www.pwsweather.com/ .

Nastras commented 6 years ago

@naofireblade

For me the existing API does not work anymore since today. I wanted to ask when you change the service for your plugin? Would not like to use another plugin.

Greeting Nastra

Nastras commented 6 years ago

Have found the error, it seems as if the Pwd designations of some weather station had changed. I've changed this in the config now on a current station now it works again.

The problem was not the existing API.

VeniceNerd commented 6 years ago

Have you decided already what service you’ll use going forward? I’d like to buy a PWS and wanna make sure I get one that will support whatever service you will pick. :)

calanish commented 6 years ago

OpenSprinkler is using OpenWeatherMap - not PWS

If there is no API key in the config it defaults at the server to send data from OWM rather than WU.

BTW I am just an OpenSprinkler user, if you want more detail then opensprinkler.net is the place to go.

naofireblade commented 6 years ago

I currently consider adding OpenWeatherMap (supports pws) and/or Dark Sky (more features but no pws support and latitude+longitude required). Does anybody have more recommendations?

RGSMA commented 6 years ago

My WU API is still working but I'm wondering for how much longer. Your plugin is very important to my homebridge setup. Have you given any more thought to a replacement for WU if it becomes necessary?

naofireblade commented 6 years ago

Yes i'm working on the dark sky implementation.

naofireblade commented 6 years ago

I'm reworking the plugin to support multiple apis. I will give a table that compares the features of each api in the readme.

naofireblade commented 6 years ago

Rework is done with version 2.0.0. Dark-Sky API is now supported. I also renamed the project to homebridge-weather-plus.

You can download it with npm install homebridge-weather-plus.