Weatherbox

[jpmaroco]

Hi there,
December 2022, the weatherbox location is not working: Nothing foud. I guess the location API stopped working? Can you please take a look?

[eclectic-tech]

Hi there,
December 2022, the weatherbox location is not working: Nothing foud. I guess the location API stopped working? Can you please take a look?

Working here, both auto and set by user...

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Have you tried looking up your weathercode and entering it manually?

[QuakeGuy]

Hi jpmaroco,

i don't use the new latitude and longitude codes. My skin still works with weather.codes. I just tested cities in germany, united states and morocco. Very few german cities are not found because of German Umlaute. From there i know the 'Nothing found' message. But otherwise it should work.

What city you have problems with?

[jpmaroco]

Thanks QuakeGuy for the prompt reply.
I am at Pero Pinheiro:


Weather.com does find Pero Pinheiro:

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[jpmaroco]

Working here, both auto and set by user...
wb.png

Have you tried looking up your weathercode and entering it manually?

Indeed, nothing found for the IP retrieved city:

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[xenium]

Hi there,
December 2022, the weatherbox location is not working: Nothing foud.

Go to Documents \ Rainmeter \ Skin \ WeatherBox \ @Resources open the Variables file and edit:

Location=3c75bbf9fb6c35b5bf9961f35069a2d957b95e8e2d9bd7ab6aee7ab5ac0e6e87
AutoLocation=0

Then refresh the skin

Edit:
After the website change in 2020, Weather.com uses a new format for locations code (see the long code at the end of the URL for your city).
The codes in the old format can still be used, but not all locations are displayed on the website https://weather.codes

[eclectic-tech]

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After the website change in 2020, Weather.com uses a new format for locations code (see the long code at the end of the URL for your city).
The codes in the old format can still be used, but not all locations are displayed on the website https://weather.codes

Thanks for that info xenium
I haven't used weather.codes for quite a while and did not realize it had changed.

[QuakeGuy]

Thx xenium. I didn't try using the long weather code with my skin. Glad it works. I can maybe shorten the displayed code, so the skin is not moved in its position.

Jpmaroco the long code is just at the end of Weather.com URL: https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/heute/l/3c75bbf9fb6c35b5bf9961f35069a2d957b95e8e2d9bd7ab6aee7ab5ac0e6e87 Very small cities got no own old weather code, like Pero Pinhero. Unfortunately autolocation only works in conjunction with weather.codes. Maybe i will change/update my skin in the future...

[jpmaroco]

Thx xenium. I didn't try using the long weather code with my skin. Glad it works. I can maybe shorten the displayed code, so the skin is not moved in its position.

Jpmaroco the long code is just at the end of Weather.com URL: https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/heute/l/3c75bbf9fb6c35b5bf9961f35069a2d957b95e8e2d9bd7ab6aee7ab5ac0e6e87 Very small cities got no own old weather code, like Pero Pinhero. Unfortunately autolocation only works in conjunction with weather.codes. Maybe i will change/update my skin in the future...

Thanks QuakeGuy for putting the time and effort on this.
I travel a bit, so I like the autolocation function on.
If I change the variables.inc file to

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;Location=POXX0320
;AutoLocation=1
Location=3c75bbf9fb6c35b5bf9961f35069a2d957b95e8e2d9bd7ab6aee7ab5ac0e6e87
AutoLocation=0

I get the local weather for a second or two and then it disappears and the "nothing found message" shows up again. It also displaces the skin like Xenium said.

Season greetings!

[eclectic-tech]

When AutoLocation=0, the skin will try to use your IP address to find your city weathercode value...
This will cause the skin to revert back to the old weathercode when updated and not find your city again.

To correct this, you could add a new variable to @Resources\variables.inc, let's call it BypassIP and set it to 1:
@Resources\variables.inc

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[Variables]
; Location=USNY0996
Location=3c75bbf9fb6c35b5bf9961f35069a2d957b95e8e2d9bd7ab6aee7ab5ac0e6e87
AutoLocation=0
BypassIP=1

Then add an additional test to the IfCondition in the [MeasureAutoLocation] section in Weathrebox.ini:
Weatherbox.ini

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[MeasureAutoLocation]
Measure=Calc
IfCondition=(#AutoLocation#=0)&&(#BypassIP#=1)
IfTrueAction=[!EnableMeasure MeasureWeather]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption MeterSearchingIcon Text "B"][!SetOption MeterRetrievingWeather FontColor #Blue#][!SetOption MeterRetrievingWeather Text "searching ..."][!EnableMeasure MeasureLocationbyIP]

Save the files and refresh/load weatherbox.ini.

To use the skin's IP search, set BypassIP=0.