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Lenny
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Posted: March 15 2019 at 16:38 | IP Logged Quote Lenny


I tried to sign into WU Site and can't. My API Key quit working saying "this key is not valid due to exceeding rate plan". Looks like WU pulled the plug on completely on their FREE API. They didn't even send a notice in advance.

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/

I'm curious what other's are using for bringing Weather Data into PH.
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Posted: March 16 2019 at 08:28 | IP Logged Quote TonyNo

I never got around to using the API. I guess I'm glad now.
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Posted: March 16 2019 at 08:47 | IP Logged Quote Lenny

Thanks Tony,
I looked at a couple other places with free API's this AM and I like Dark Sky's API. 1000 Free queries per 24 Hours. I signed up and pulled a JSON file to start working with it.

https://darksky.net/dev/docs

I will post some code when I get mine updated.
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Posted: March 22 2019 at 12:28 | IP Logged Quote GadgetGuy

Lenny-

AccuWeather also has a free API for 50, or less,
inquiries per day.

Sign into https://www.developer.accuweather.com/user
and set up an account then create a "dummy" (empty)
API to get a free access key and then you can get a
location key to use with their data access API to
fetch your closest location for scrapping.

Holler if you want more details.


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Posted: March 27 2019 at 10:01 | IP Logged Quote GadgetGuy

Lenny-

Another thought. WeatherUnderground is by far the most
accurate weather source I have found for local
temp/humidity/etc as one can often find a linked weather
station somewhere nearby (often just blocks away). I
just realized yesterday that the WU web access is still
open and free and provides the same info I was getting
from the API. So I just switched my ph_urlscraper()
efforts to the WU public web site instead of the API
data, and with little effort have my weather parameters
back.   

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