Generate Automatic WeatherCode from IP address in use

[pul53dr1v3r]

it's working...

[balala]

it's working...

Thank you. Very good you've found this mistake of mine. Congratulations for your attention.

[pul53dr1v3r]

Thank you.

Ah, thanks God who gave me at least a bit of the brain to make use of it.
And what are all my helps compared to yours, morley's, eclectic's...
A seed of mustard in the ocean.

[balala]

And what are all my helps compared to yours, morley's, eclectic's...

Don't worry, every help is useful in its own way. On certain moment, the current help is the most important. This time for instance for me, yours.

[jsmorley]

Yeah, probably a better approach.
Can you reply to my last question here: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33606#p166268, please?

WebParser doesn't detect your browser of course. But when you access a remote site, that site can query your system for certain things. Most browsers are designed to answer these queries, but for the most part WebParser is not. What WebParser can do is provide a UserAgent string, which will tell the remote site that you are using some defined browser (which is a lie, you are using WebParser), and that can be useful on a site that for instance outputs something slightly different when accessed with Chrome vs. Microsoft IE.

[JamX]

Thanks, that did the trick.

So I just had to add the FinishAction command.
FinishAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureWeatherCode "Update"]

1st Question:
Maybe stupid question, but WHY and why at this location?

2nd question:
Now I have the correct weatherCode I need to put it in the URL of below code.
Normally a variable " #WeatherCodeLocation# " is in this line but now I have a measure called " MeasureCode "
What would be the correct way to do this, !Setvariable, or...?

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[MeasureWeatherRSS]
Measure=WebParser.dll
UpdateRate=3600

Url=http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/weather/local/#WeatherCodeLocation#?cc=*&unit=#WeatherUnit#&dayf=6
;http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/weather/local/NLXX0272?cc=*&unit=m&dayf=6

RegExp=(?siU)<weather ver="(.*)">(.*)<tmp>(.*)</tmp>(.*)<t>(.*)</t>(.*)<icon>(.*)</icon>(.*)<d>(.*)</d>.*<wind>.*<s>(.*)</s>.*<d>(.*)</d>

Something like this worked for me:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]

[MeasureLocation]
Measure=WebParser
Url=http://ip-api.com/json
RegExp=(?siU)"city":"(.*)".*"country":"(.*)".*"regionName":"(.*)"
FinishAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureWeatherCode "Update"]

[MeasureCity]
Measure=WebParser
URL=[MeasureLocation]
StringIndex=1

[MeasureCountry]
Measure=WebParser
URL=[MeasureLocation]
StringIndex=2

[MeasureRegion]
Measure=WebParser
URL=[MeasureLocation]
StringIndex=3

[MeasureWeatherCode]
Measure=WebParser
Url=http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/search/search?where=[&MeasureCity] [&MeasureRegion] [&MeasureCountry]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExp=(?siU).*<loc id="(.*)"

[MeasureCode]
Measure=WebParser
URL=[MeasureWeatherCode]
StringIndex=1

[MeterBack]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle 1,1,302,132 | StrokeWidth 1 | Stroke Color 150,150,150,255 | Fill Color 47,47,47,120

[MeterLocation]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCity
MeasureName2=MeasureRegion
MeasureName3=MeasureCountry
X=150
Y=20
FontSize=14
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
StringAlign=Center
Text=%1#CRLF#%2#CRLF#%3

[MeterCode]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCode
X=r
Y=10R
FontSize=12
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
StringAlign=Center

It's not the perfect location, not the one I use in my skin(s), but since it is based on the local "point of presence" of your ISP, it's likely to be reasonably close.

I really think you need to use the combination of "city/region/country" to zero in. City and country alone will give you just boatloads of hits for most common names.

[JamX]

It's working!!

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Although I still have the question with :
"FinishAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureWeatherCode "Update"]

Maybe stupid question, but WHY and why at this location?"

[balala]

WebParser doesn't detect your browser of course. But when you access a remote site, that site can query your system for certain things. Most browsers are designed to answer these queries, but for the most part WebParser is not. What WebParser can do is provide a UserAgent string, which will tell the remote site that you are using some defined browser (which is a lie, you are using WebParser), and that can be useful on a site that for instance outputs something slightly different when accessed with Chrome vs. Microsoft IE.

Thank you for these useful information.
Let's see if I understood well the essence of the UserAgent option. If I set this option to any of here listed strings, the site open by a WebParser measure sees like the appropriate browser opened it and will act accordingly.
So if for instance I set the UserAgent to UserAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.2) Gecko/20110201, the site acts like a Mozilla Firefox 2.2 would open it.
Is this correct?

[jsmorley]

Thank you for these useful information.
Let's see if I understood well the essence of the UserAgent option. If I set this option to any of here listed strings, the site open by a WebParser measure sees like the appropriate browser opened it and will act accordingly.
So if for instance I set the UserAgent to UserAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.2) Gecko/20110201, the site acts like a Mozilla Firefox 2.2 would open it.
Is this correct?

Correct.

I'd be leery of telling it I'm using a 15 year old browser though...

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:70.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/70.0

[balala]

Correct.

Thanks. Good to be known.