@Greg - yes I did uncomment that line, a long time ago as the original installation (2020???) was working well. I've also tried updating WeeWx to V5.2.0 to see if that made a difference - nope. For fun, I've comment out all of the __getattr__ function and the error message is now:
Caught unrecoverable exception in generator 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.CheetahGenerator' **** 'XmlFileHelper' object has no attribute 'root' **** Traceback (most recent call last): **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", line 248, in run **** obj.start() **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", line 465, in start **** self.run() **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 163, in run **** self.init_extensions(gen_dict[section_name]) **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 196, in init_extensions **** self.search_list_objs.append(klass(self)) **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 253, in __init__ **** generator.converter) **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 422, in __init__ **** if file_stale and self.root is not None: **** AttributeError: 'XmlFileHelper' object has no attribute 'root' **** Generator terminated That error had me intrigued so I went back to the 'XmlFileHelper' class and put a 'log.error' at the start of the __init__ function to print out the file name it was trying to process. the result is: ERROR user.aussearch: >>> xml_file is ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDV10753.xml ERROR user.aussearch: >>> xml_file is ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDV10751.xml ERROR user.aussearch: >>> xml_file is http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml ERROR weewx.reportengine: Caught unrecoverable exception in generator 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.CheetahGenerator' ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** 'XmlFileHelper' object has no attribute 'root' ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** Traceback (most recent call last): ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", line 248, in run ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** obj.start() ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", line 465, in start ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** self.run() ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 163, in run ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** self.init_extensions(gen_dict[section_name]) ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 196, in init_extensions ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** self.search_list_objs.append(klass(self)) ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 253, in __init__ ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** generator.converter) ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 424, in __init__ ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** if file_stale and self.root is not None: ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** AttributeError: 'XmlFileHelper' object has no attribute 'root' ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** Generator terminated I assume the error occurred in the last file listed but that file does exist on the web site: <rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Weather Warnings for Victoria. Issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology</title> <link>http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml</link> <atom:link href="http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml"; rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <description>Current weather warnings for Victoria, Australia including strong wind, gale, storm force and hurricane force wind warnings; tsunami; damaging waves; abnormally high tides; tropical cyclones; severe thunderstorms; severe weather; fire weather; flood; frost; driving; bushwalking; sheep graziers and other agricultural warnings.</description> <language>en-au</language> <copyright>Copyright: (C) Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92637 533532), see http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml for terms and conditions of reuse.</copyright> <webMaster>[email protected] (Help desk)</webMaster> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:27:29 GMT</pubDate> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:27:29 GMT</lastBuildDate> <generator>Australian Bureau of Meteorology</generator> <ttl>10</ttl> <image> <url>http://www.bom.gov.au/images/bom_logo_inline.gif</url> <title>Weather Warnings for Victoria. Issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology</title> <link>http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml</link> </image> <item> <title>12/16:15 EDT Marine Wind Warning Summary for Victoria</title> <link>http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/warnings/marinewind.shtml</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:15:17 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/warnings/marinewind.shtml</guid> </item> </channel> </rss> The first 2 files mentioned above are in the weewx-cache/aussearch folder but the 3rd one (the 'VIC_WARNINGS' in the skins.conf file) isn't. Therefore the file will be marked as 'stale' (line 409) and an attempt is made to download the file. However (changing a few of the 'log.debug' to 'log.error' calls) the 'FileFetch.fetch()' fails with: ERROR user.aussearch: >>>> aussearch: bad file download xml file http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml: Bad response 301 for url http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDZ00059.warnings_vic.xml which is caught in the 'except' clause. The problem is that this completely bypasses any place where 'self.root' is defined. The solution is to add a 'self.root = None' just below the 'if file_stale: where it tries to read the file. The same is true for the 'JsonFileHelper' class. I don't know why the files are not being downloaded (the '301' error response) but at least this stops the reporter crashing. (Apologies for the length of this post but I was working through the issue as I wrote it.) On Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 11:35:00 am UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: > Did you uncomment this bit in the skin.conf? > > # To use the aussearch extensions in this skin > # you need to have downloaded Auusearch user extension as per > # > https://github.com/dcapslock/weewx-responsive-skin/wiki/Australian-%27Search%27-Extensions > # end then uncomment the line below > # search_list_extensions = user.aussearch.ausutils > > > On Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 11:29:07 UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: > >> The aussearch.py dated 4th Feb is the same as I am using. >> I have my weewx installed via pip and is using python 3.13. (don't know >> if that makes a difference or not) >> >> Under skins/Responsive I have: >> ├── aussearch >> ├── DATA >> ├── font >> ├── icons >> ├── lang >> ├── NOAA >> └── TEST >> >> in aussearch I have: >> .rw-r--r-- 649k root 2026-02-12 09:51 IDN11060.xml >> .rw-r--r-- 7.8k root 2026-02-12 09:55 IDN11113.xml >> .rw-r--r-- 129k root 2026-02-12 11:11 IDN60801.95762.json >> .rw-r--r-- 2.2k root 2026-02-12 11:11 IDZ00054.warnings_nsw.xml >> >> And they are being updated as you can tell by the time stamp. >> >> My site is here: >> https://weather.ubeaut.work/ >> >> >> On Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 11:18:22 UTC+11 Carlingford Weather >> wrote: >> >>> Check if you have old cache files the specified or default aussearch >>> cache location. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf >>> of Susan Mackay <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2026 11:13:27 AM >>> >>> *To:* weewx-user <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx Responsive Skin - Aus Forecast >>> Extension >>> OK - now I'm properly confused. >>> I deleted all 'aussearch.py' files and copied the downloaded file into >>> bin/user. (I know that the Python system found it as it created a >>> corresponding .pyc file in __pycache__). However the error was the same. >>> So I deleted that and downloaded the file again from >>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin/blob/master/Aus/aussearch.py. >>> >>> Github shows that the file was edited 2 weeks ago so I take it that this is >>> the latest version. >>> Again the same error. >>> So I edited the file to include a couple of print statements just before >>> the reference to 'self.root_node', one of which tried to print out the >>> value. The recursion occurred on that print statement. >>> Am I copying the correct 'aussearch.py' version and, if not, where is it? >>> Susan (VK3ANZ) >>> >>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 8:47:21 pm UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: >>> >>> The new aussearch.py has to go into where your other user scripts are. >>> Like bin/user folder in the weewx structure. >>> >>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 20:34:13 UTC+11 Susan Mackay wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the pointers. >>> I downloaded the .zip file (as above) and expanded it. I then copied the >>> 'Aus' and 'Responsive' directories into the 'skins' folder. >>> I edited the skins.conf file to refer to my location (basically I copied >>> the information from the old version of the file, adjusting as required). >>> However I now get the error: >>> >>> Caught unrecoverable exception in generator >>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.CheetahGenerator' >>> **** maximum recursion depth exceeded >>> **** Traceback (most recent call last): >>> **** File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", >>> line 220, in run >>> **** obj.start() >>> **** File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", >>> line 409, in start >>> **** self.run() >>> **** File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", >>> >>> line 163, in run >>> **** self.init_extensions(gen_dict[section_name]) >>> **** File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", >>> >>> line 196, in init_extensions >>> **** self.search_list_objs.append(klass(self)) >>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 253, in __init__ >>> **** generator.converter) >>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 422, in __init__ >>> **** if file_stale and self.root is not None: >>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in >>> __getattr__ >>> **** if self.root_node is not None: >>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in >>> __getattr__ >>> **** if self.root_node is not None: >>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in >>> __getattr__ >>> **** if self.root_node is not None: >>> **** [Previous line repeated 491 more times] >>> **** RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded >>> **** Generator terminated >>> >>> The relevant code (from Line 433) of aussearch.py is >>> >>> def __getattr__(self, child_or_attrib): >>> # This is to get around bugs in the Python version of Cheetah's >>> namemapper: >>> if child_or_attrib in ['__call__', 'has_key']: >>> print("aussearch: XmlFileHelper file: %s, __getattr__ called >>> for %s" % (self.xml_file, child_or_attrib)) >>> raise AttributeError >>> >>> if self.root_node is not None: >>> return getattr(self.root_node, child_or_attrib) >>> else: >>> raise AttributeError >>> >>> with line 439 being: >>> >>> if self.root_node is not None: >>> >>> My 'guess' is that the attempt to get "self.root_node" is recursively >>> calling the "__getattr__" function >>> >>> Any idea what is hapening here? >>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 10:31:01 am UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: >>> >>> That's probably why I installed it manually......:) >>> It was a long time ago I installed it. >>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 10:16:49 UTC+11 Glenn McKechnie wrote: >>> >>> Susan, >>> >>> Just had a quick look at the origin files (both sites) and the error >>> message is because there is no install.py file within the tree. >>> ie:- It doesn't install using the weectl stanza, it's not structured >>> that way. >>> >>> It needs to be installed manually. >>> The skin directory is "Responsive". Place that with in the weewx skin >>> directory and manually edit weewx.conf to point to it etc. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Glenn (VK3GLN) >>> >>> Various WeeWx addons at >>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 10:09, Greg Reive <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I think if you download the zip file and install the extension it might >>> work? It won't like the .git extension filename. >>> I manually installed mine. >>> >>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 10:04, Susan Mackay <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> (I think my question follows on from Greg's answer - apologies if not) >>> I have just tried to reinstall the Responsive skin using Greg's link >>> from above. >>> I'm using Weewx 5.0.1 (and yes, i know there are more recent versions) >>> on a Raspberry Pi running Buster. >>> I've tried 2 ways and get 2 separate errors. >>> >>> First: >>> >>> (weewx-venv) xxxx:~/weewx-venv $ ./bin/weectl extension install >>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git >>> Using configuration file /home/weewx/weewx.conf >>> Install extension ' >>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git' >>> (y/n)? y >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "./bin/weectl", line 10, in <module> >>> sys.exit(main()) >>> File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectl.py", line >>> 66, in main >>> namespace.func(namespace) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/__init__.py", >>> line 121, in dispatch >>> namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/extension_cmd.py", >>> >>> line 116, in install_extension >>> ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py", line >>> 124, in install_extension >>> raise IOError(f"Unknown extension type found at '{extension_path}'") >>> OSError: Unknown extension type found at ' >>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git' >>> I think this may be more related to the WeeWx not recognising the .git >>> extension but I'm not sure. >>> I copied the zip file to the Pi and got the Second error which is: >>> >>> (weewx-venv) xxxx:~/weewx-venv $ ./bin/weectl extension install >>> /mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip >>> Using configuration file /home/weewx/weewx.conf >>> Install extension '/mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip' (y/n)? >>> y >>> Extracting from zip archive /mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/__init__.py", line >>> 714, in get_extension_installer >>> __import__('install') >>> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'install' >>> >>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: >>> >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "./bin/weectl", line 10, in <module> >>> sys.exit(main()) >>> File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectl.py", line >>> 66, in main >>> namespace.func(namespace) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/__init__.py", >>> line 121, in dispatch >>> namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/extension_cmd.py", >>> >>> line 116, in install_extension >>> ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py", line >>> 138, in install_extension >>> extension_name = self._install_from_file(extension_path, filetype) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py", line >>> 168, in _install_from_file >>> extension_name = self.install_from_dir(extension_dir) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py", line >>> 179, in install_from_dir >>> installer_path, installer = >>> weecfg.get_extension_installer(extension_dir) >>> File >>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/__init__.py", line >>> 716, in get_extension_installer >>> raise ExtensionError("Cannot find 'install' module in %s" % >>> extension_installer_dir) >>> weecfg.ExtensionError: Cannot find 'install' module in >>> /tmp/tmpkrjxk9dm/weewx-responsive-skin-master/ >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> Susan >>> On Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 4:54:48 pm UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: >>> >>> The forecast and the weather warning were causing the Responsive skin to >>> crash. >>> Darryn has fixed the crashes and now everything is working again. >>> >>> https://github.com/dcapslock/weewx-responsive-skin >>> >>> This new BOM website is taking a while to iron all the bugs out. >>> >>> My site is here: https://weather.ubeaut.work/ >>> >>> Thanks again Daryn. I still really like this skin for weewx. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 22:52:28 UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: >>> >>> Yes my icons disappeared as my site is https but I changed a setting on >>> the browser just for my site. >>> >>> On chrome it is called insecure content. >>> >>> Then the icons came back again. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 20:41:16 UTC+11 Darryn Capes-Davis wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Long time since my last post. A few months ago I noticed that my iPhone >>> stopped showing the BOM Forecast icons. With the change to everything >>> needing to be HTTPS, the BOM HTTP only icons will only continue to >>> disappear if you host the Responsive skin on HTTPS, like I do at >>> https://carlingfordweather.sydney, and you use a modern strict browser. >>> >>> So I took time to source some weather icons and adjust and size to suit >>> the Aus Forecast part of the Responsive skin. 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