This is what I mentioned in an earlier post and how I am currently generating my overlay : gatorcam.sunandshore.com
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This is what I mentioned in an earlier post and how I am currently generating my overlay : gatorcam.sunandshore.com
Might I suggest a large tip jar for Mike? And all donations be categorized by the brand of PWS. Whichever group donates the most by the time you're ready to roll up your sleeves and tackle this bear, gets first dibs? Acurite 5-in-1 running "Acurite PC Connect" as the gateway between the 5-in-1 receiver and the BI PC (USB connected).
BTW, If WU wants my data, but refuses to give me access via API, what's good for the goose.... I've disabled sharing with them. They can pound sand.
Ssayer
BIT Beta Team
I don't think you've been paying attention to the last 100 posts or thereabouts. WU is shutting the API keys down...
I've been paying attention. As I understand it, WU has discontinued free commercial access to the API keys. You can still obtain a free personal API key from within your WU account to use with your own PWS. Additionally, if you are a commercial customer, you can also pay for a commercial access package.
Materialsguy
n3wb
I am thinking of using wunderground or weather.com and scraping the page for the data. Been researching it and it seems like it should work, be stable and not require any API key or anything like that. I plan on diving into testing this weekend.
Anyone care to share a link to their town / city's current weather (particularly outside of the US)? Similar to this
Manhattan, NY Weather Forecast and Conditions - The Weather Channel | Weather.com
Today’s and tonight’s Manhattan, NY weather forecast, weather conditions and Doppler radar from The Weather Channel and Weather.comweather.com
Code:https://weather.com/weather/today/l/10001
Mike:
Wunderground: Edmonton, Canada Weather Conditions | Weather Underground
Weather.com: Edmonton, Alberta Weather Forecast and Conditions - The Weather Channel | Weather.com
My PWS: Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Thanks
BIT quit working about a week ago - giving error msg saying it can't connet to wundeground Is this related to the WU API keys?
Ssayer
BIT Beta Team
Wow. I almost did what you just did. Jumping in without first looking around. The last three pages are literally discussing this issue. Not coming down on you, as it's a miracle I didn't do the same thing. Just a heads up if you want more detail on what's going on.
I am thinking of using wunderground or weather.com and scraping the page for the data. Been researching it and it seems like it should work, be stable and not require any API key or anything like that. I plan on diving into testing this weekend.
Anyone care to share a link to their town / city's current weather (particularly outside of the US)? Similar to this
Manhattan, NY Weather Forecast and Conditions - The Weather Channel | Weather.com
Today’s and tonight’s Manhattan, NY weather forecast, weather conditions and Doppler radar from The Weather Channel and Weather.com
Code:https://weather.com/weather/today/l/10001
This is my local link...
Weather forecast and conditions for Leyland, England - The Weather Channel | weather.com
Today’s and tonight’s Leyland, England weather forecast, weather conditions and Doppler radar from The Weather Channel and Weather.com
weather.com
Code:
https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/f6e02e626386ebdacfd48e9d6847b7e35966ca4da88558885b2065589379bdb3I don't know if this is of any help, but my cron job that copies my Weather Underground data over to PWS appears to be still working fine. It looks like you can't currently access the webpage at wufyi.com, but here is the format that is used to copy the data over (this is from my notes when I set it up)
dirk6665
BIT Beta Team
I had a thought ... I know BI allows you to add image overlays ... WU offers 'widgets' that contain basic weather data (although not all). I used to see "image scraping" software back in the day - but don't see too many of these now -- mostly software that allows you to grab an entire page. If someone could find a way to grab the image (from the IMG SRC specified in the widget) - this could be saved to a drive accessible to BI and simply added as an image overlay. Not the best fix, but would temporarily offer a solution.
For example, my weather widget URL is:
This is what it looks like:
If I can find a way to save just this image as a .jpg file, I could use it as an overlay image in BI
Most of the software I have looked at / tried has not been satisfactory - producing images that were unacceptable as they included borders and anomalous imagery.
I am also looking for a weather program that allows saving the data pulled as a "text" file - this could also be included into BI's overlay function and product similar results.
I'll circle back here if I make any progress - if anyone finds a viable image ripper / scraper to use in my first scenario - please share!
For example, my weather widget URL is:
This is what it looks like:
If I can find a way to save just this image as a .jpg file, I could use it as an overlay image in BI
Most of the software I have looked at / tried has not been satisfactory - producing images that were unacceptable as they included borders and anomalous imagery.
I am also looking for a weather program that allows saving the data pulled as a "text" file - this could also be included into BI's overlay function and product similar results.
I'll circle back here if I make any progress - if anyone finds a viable image ripper / scraper to use in my first scenario - please share!
johndball
n3wb
I was able to get a working solution with the Weather Underground API (listed under my member settings). Thanks to a long-time developer friend of mine, Blaize (https://www.blaize.net), I used this batch file placed in the Blue Iris Tools "txt" folder, combined with JQ and CURL for Windows (placed in the Windows Directory), and a task scheduler to call the batch file, I now have weather updates every 15 minutes. I used Blue Iris Tools to do the overlay for me.
curl "YOURSTATION&format=json&units=e&apiKey=YOURAPIKEY" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.temp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\temp.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.windSpeed" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\windSpeed.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.windGust" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\windGust.txt"
jq ".observations[0].winddir" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\winddir.txt"
jq ".observations[0].humidity" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\humidity.txt"
jq ".observations[0].obsTimeLocal" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\observations.txt"
You can see it in action here:
curl "YOURSTATION&format=json&units=e&apiKey=YOURAPIKEY" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.temp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\temp.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.windSpeed" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\windSpeed.txt"
jq ".observations[0].imperial.windGust" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\windGust.txt"
jq ".observations[0].winddir" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\winddir.txt"
jq ".observations[0].humidity" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\humidity.txt"
jq ".observations[0].obsTimeLocal" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\conditions.txt" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Iris Tools\txt\observations.txt"
You can see it in action here:
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I think for the average lay person, the easiest way is for Mike to reconfigure BIT on the next update with an input field so we can use our personal API keys and let BIT do the same thing its been doing, just making sure the # of calls per minute and per day are within the new limits set by WU which are 30 per minute and 1500 per day. I have confirmed with WU that the free personal API keys are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
This method excludes those (me) that do not have a PWS
I think you can sign up for a free Wunderground account
Edit: scratch that, I just confirmed you can't get a free API unless you have a PWS
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dshehane
BIT Beta Team
OK, reading through all this great material has jogged my old brain....before we had BIT we used the personal API Key to directly interface Blue Iris to WeatherUnderground to get the data for weather overlays. That is the good news. The bad news is that I am much older now and cannot remember how we did that! Is anyone old like me and used to do that and kept better notes? That probably still works and can at least get a few of us up and going while Mike figures something out for the long run.