[O] Google weather
Hi everyone, I am trying to use the google weather in Org-mode for the first time, but I am always getting a 443 error when I evaluate something like (org-google-weather Amsterdam) I am not sure where to look for what might causing this - any pointers would be appreciated - Carsten
Re: [O] Google weather
On 07/06/11 07:53, Carsten Dominik wrote: Hi everyone, I am trying to use the google weather in Org-mode for the first time, but I am always getting a 443 error when I evaluate something like (org-google-weather Amsterdam) I am not sure where to look for what might causing this - any pointers would be appreciated It looks as though google-weather is trying to use ssl to contact Google. It shouldn't need to do this, as the weather site it accessible via port 80. Try pasting the following url's into your browser: http://www.google.co.uk/ig/api?weather=Amsterdamhl=en-gb https://www.google.co.uk/ig/api?weather=Amsterdamhl=en-gb You will need to replace google.co.uk with whatever the url is for Netherlands. You should get an xml page with the weather forecast. If that is working it rules out any problems with proxy servers and ssl. Best wishes, Ian.
Re: [O] Google weather
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: I am trying to use the google weather in Org-mode for the first time, but I am always getting a 443 error when I evaluate something like (org-google-weather Amsterdam) I am not sure where to look for what might causing this - any pointers would be It looks as though google-weather is trying to use ssl to contact Google. It shouldn't need to do this, as the weather site it accessible via port 80. Try pasting the following url's into your browser: http://www.google.co.uk/ig/api?weather=Amsterdamhl=en-gb https://www.google.co.uk/ig/api?weather=Amsterdamhl=en-gb You will need to replace google.co.uk with whatever the url is for Netherlands. You should get an wml page with the weather forecast. If that is working it rules out any problems with proxy servers and ssl. Best wishes, Ian.
Re: [O] Google weather
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am trying to use the google weather in Org-mode for the first time, = but I am always getting a 443 error when I evaluate something like (org-google-weather Amsterdam) I am not sure where to look for what might causing this - any pointers = would be appreciated As Ian points out, the https: version of the URL might be causing you problems. I have this problem from work, where I'm behind the firewall and the proxy does not seem to be able or willing to forward the request - it works fine from home. But I would caution everybody that Google seems to be changing the data they return on a daily basis nowadays and google-weather cannot keep up. It might be a good idea to wait a few days for the volatility to die down. See the related thread Icon problem with org-google-weather for a blow-by-blow description of the fight. BTW, you can ask google-weather to use the http: protocol by (setq google-weather-use-https nil) Nick PS Here's a debugging function I wrote to bypass google-weather altogether and check what Google was sending me. This in combination with visiting the URLs in a browser, as Ian points out, should be enough to get you through http/https/SSL/proxy problems: (defun my-url-retrieve (url) (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url) (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max Try (my-url-retrieve http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=Amsterdam;) and/or the https version of it.
