Well I just got an Echo and I like it and am keen on getting my weather data.
I did some poking about on the dev site and it looks like the easiest thing would be to grab the RSS feed which is already being generated. This has the advantage the data is formatted and the units supplied, and no SQL is needed. I looks like there are other news readers that work this way and there is an example that would be a nice starting point. I think it might work with the existing RSS so you might not even need to touch Weewx: https://github.com/alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-feed An alternative would be to do a Flash Feed, which is how the other 'news' works. This looks like it might need a new XML structure built, but you could use the existing RSS as a sample, here is the doc: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/understanding-the-flash-briefing-skill-api >From what I can tell the normal weather weather you get is a Flash Feed, but I don't think Weather Bug is. I see there is a Skill for the Netamo station that might give you some ideas too, but I haven't looked at this. Great project idea, let us know how it goes (because I want it). Bill On Thursday 15 December 2016 17:36, vince wrote: > On Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 8:24:21 AM UTC-8, Matt Sargent wrote: > > I am writing an Alexa skill that would be able to interface to Weewx. > > Pretty simple for the current data and such, but I am hoping to add the > > ability to query past weather conditions. Has anyone developed an API of > > any sort that allows you to query data from the weather station? > > oooohhhh - just ordered an Echo Dot a couple hours ago, I'd be interested > in this for sure. Don't know how much I can do before it arrives Jan-3rd > but email me if you want to share code etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
