If we already have an API key with DarkSky, are you thinking we would be able to keep DarkSky and switch whenever we want?
Congrats on the baby! > On Apr 3, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Pat <p...@obrienphoto.net> wrote: > > It's more work upfront but the skin can convert units. > > If weather alerts are gone (which so far looks like they will be when DarkSky > goes away), then I am leaning back to yr.no. Another appeal for yr.no in my > reading is that for yr.no is no API key is needed, no developer account - "it > just works". Just need to put some credits on the about page. > > > On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 11:05:49 AM UTC-4, G Hammer wrote: > Metric is not used in the US would be the problem. > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 10:37 AM steeple ian <steep...@gmail.com <>> wrote: > Quote from yr.no <http://yr.no/> website: - > > "A new Yr API is on the way! > > We are working on a new and modern API, that we plan to release some time in > the winter 2019. Make sure you visit this site to keep posted!" > > I am not sure why metric only is so much of a problem anyway, but maybe that > will be fixed in the new API anyway. > > From a personal point of view, I use forecasting services from YR DarkSky, > WU, and UK Metoffice. I know it can be subjective but for my location YR is > by far the most accurate. > > Ian > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:17 PM Pat <p...@obrienphoto.net <>> wrote: > yr.no <http://yr.no/> isn't commercially owned, so the theory is they won't > get bought out or go away. They're owned by the Norwegian Broadcasting > Corporation and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. That said, it's only > in metric, does not have weather alerts and is in XML format only. > > The pro is that they don't seem at risk of being purchased and going away. > The con is it may not be a good fit for how the skin is being used. > > > On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 10:01:39 AM UTC-4, G Hammer wrote: > I'd say OWM, simply because I see no way to get anything except metric/C from > yr.no <http://yr.no/> > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 9:11:43 PM UTC-4, Pat wrote: > I'm sure the Belchertown skin could benefit from the forecasts plugin, but > Belchertown does more than that. It shows weather alerts for your location as > well as current conditions. The forecasting plugin doesn't provide those 2 > bits. For that you need a service, and if you're getting info from the > service (in my opinion), one stop shop for it (get the forecast too). > > As for maintaining a plugin base for each region/location, that's not > something I can develop or support right now. The JSON would have to be > formatted exactly for each service in order to support the current way of > updates. Again, this is a simple task for 1 provider who has all this data > for worldwide regions > > I understand that OWM could become the next DarkSky but I think it's the best > option for what we have right now. The free tier should be able to provide > enough data to replace DarkSky. > > It's just a matter of time on my end. > > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:38:28 PM UTC-4, William Burton wrote: > Hello, > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 4:34:46 PM UTC-4, Wes Witt wrote: > how about implementing a design that allows for weather forecast > extensions/plugins. then regional plugins can be built and allow the user to > choose the weather forecast service that is best for them. this way you don't > need a single service that works for everyone. it can be very difficult to > find a service that works everywhere and if you can find one it may result in > a low bar terms of quality and features from the service. > > I was thinking the exact same thing as it doesn't make sense for every skin > author to have to implement forecasting from scratch. There are many API's > and there won't be one that works for everyone everywhere. > > The weewx-forecast extension (https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-forecast > <https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-forecast>), already handles the > following weather forecasting services: > > US National Weather Service (NWS) > the weather underground (WU) > open weathermap (OWM) > UK Met Office (UKMO) > Aeris Weather > World Weather Online (WWO) > Dark Sky (DS) > Zambretti > > The extension also handles tide predictions using xtide. > > My thought was to enhance the weewx-forecast extension to: > Output a generic JSON file that can be loaded via Ajax into a theme. As much > as possible, the JSON would be generated in a manner that's consistent across > different API implementations to make it easier to incorporate into a skin. > Output one or more include files that can be included into other skins. > Skins like Belchertown can incorporate this output using either method as > appropriate. The end result is it would be far easier for skin maintainers to > expand forecasting options. > > The benefit to this approach is the ability to support many more options for > forecasting more widely. However, a small drawback is users of WeeWX will > have to install another extension and configure it in addition to the > selected skin. > > -Bill > > -- > 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 weewx...@googlegroups.com <>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/716c235d-a99c-454c-b31b-276e22b79829%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/716c235d-a99c-454c-b31b-276e22b79829%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/m_47lX0fsIM/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/m_47lX0fsIM/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > weewx...@googlegroups.com <>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CADASSaTQMse0QSA_VeKRbuuWUNJsi8_ivOmsZio9034ZV19Fyw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CADASSaTQMse0QSA_VeKRbuuWUNJsi8_ivOmsZio9034ZV19Fyw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0d38ef18-df88-4709-be6f-346e4fdf7b50%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0d38ef18-df88-4709-be6f-346e4fdf7b50%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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