add weather forecast source from weatherbit.io

[gargamelonly]

Since I see that Openweather has become unstable in the last couple of months I would like to change to use an alternate free weather API source.
The API documentation is available here: https://www.weatherbit.io/api

I assume we will need the default 48 hour forecast for sprinklers_pi, right?
Here is the API format documentation: https://www.weatherbit.io/api/weather-forecast-120-hour

Or do we need the 16 day forecast?
https://www.weatherbit.io/api/weather-forecast-16-day

[nhorvath]

aeris is free and works fine, please use that as looking into this will not be a near term project unless someone volunteers to do it. We need yesterday's weather and today's forecasts.

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:59 AM gargamelonly ***@***.***> wrote: Since I see that Openweather has become unstable in the last couple of months I would like to change to use an alternate free weather API source. The API documentation is available here: https://www.weatherbit.io/api I assume we will need the default *48* hour forecast for sprinklers_pi, right? Here is the API format documentation: https://www.weatherbit.io/api/weather-forecast-120-hour Or do we need the 16 day forecast? https://www.weatherbit.io/api/weather-forecast-16-day — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#186>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABIJXBYLR3WPF375GPAD6DUECBEDANCNFSM5E2YUQ2A> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>.

[gargamelonly]

I could not see it has a free option, only a 30 day trial.
I created an account and it is valid only until end of October.

[nhorvath]

If you sign up for the dev key it doesn't actually expire. You used to have to "renew" it for free every 30 days but i haven't in a year at least.

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[nhorvath]

Correction, it was every 2 months, I'm also signed up for weather widgets which is for lifetime (also free) maybe that's why I don't have to renew my dev key anymore.

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:54 AM Nick Horvath ***@***.***> wrote: If you sign up for the dev key it doesn't actually expire. You used to have to "renew" it for free every 30 days but i haven't in a year at least. On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:41 AM gargamelonly ***@***.***> wrote: > I could not see it has a free option, only a 30 day trial. > > — > You are receiving this because you commented. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#186 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABIJXCXBSBEONCY6RNR343UECGBPANCNFSM5E2YUQ2A> > . > Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS > <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> > or Android > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. > >

[gargamelonly]

How do I update the weather provider without resetting the existing schedule configuration?

[nhorvath]

backup your /etc/local/sprinkers_pi just in case, but it should just work if you recompile with different weather options. You'll have to change the settings for weather once you start it.

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