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ESP8266 get weather from Weather Underground
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#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#ifndef min
#define min(x,y) (((x)<(y))?(x):(y))
#endif
#ifndef max
#define max(x,y) (((x)>(y))?(x):(y))
#endif
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
const char SSID[] = "********";
const char PASSWORD[] = "***************";
// Use your own API key by signing up for a free developer account.
// http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/
#define WU_API_KEY "****************"
// Specify your favorite location one of these ways.
//#define WU_LOCATION "CA/HOLLYWOOD"
// US ZIP code
//#define WU_LOCATION ""
#define WU_LOCATION "90210"
// Country and city
//#define WU_LOCATION "Australia/Sydney"
// 5 minutes between update checks. The free developer account has a limit
// on the number of calls so don't go wild.
#define DELAY_NORMAL (5*60*1000)
// 20 minute delay between updates after an error
#define DELAY_ERROR (20*60*1000)
#define WUNDERGROUND "api.wunderground.com"
// HTTP request
const char WUNDERGROUND_REQ[] =
"GET /api/" WU_API_KEY "/conditions/q/" WU_LOCATION ".json HTTP/1.1\r\n"
"User-Agent: ESP8266/0.1\r\n"
"Accept: */*\r\n"
"Host: " WUNDERGROUND "\r\n"
"Connection: close\r\n"
"\r\n";
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
// We start by connecting to a WiFi network
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.print(F("Connecting to "));
Serial.println(SSID);
WiFi.begin(SSID, PASSWORD);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(F("."));
}
Serial.println();
Serial.println(F("WiFi connected"));
Serial.println(F("IP address: "));
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
static char respBuf[4096];
void loop()
{
// TODO check for disconnect from AP
// Open socket to WU server port 80
Serial.print(F("Connecting to "));
Serial.println(WUNDERGROUND);
// Use WiFiClient class to create TCP connections
WiFiClient httpclient;
const int httpPort = 80;
if (!httpclient.connect(WUNDERGROUND, httpPort)) {
Serial.println(F("connection failed"));
delay(DELAY_ERROR);
return;
}
// This will send the http request to the server
Serial.print(WUNDERGROUND_REQ);
httpclient.print(WUNDERGROUND_REQ);
httpclient.flush();
// Collect http response headers and content from Weather Underground
// HTTP headers are discarded.
// The content is formatted in JSON and is left in respBuf.
int respLen = 0;
bool skip_headers = true;
while (httpclient.connected() || httpclient.available()) {
if (skip_headers) {
String aLine = httpclient.readStringUntil('\n');
//Serial.println(aLine);
// Blank line denotes end of headers
if (aLine.length() <= 1) {
skip_headers = false;
}
}
else {
int bytesIn;
bytesIn = httpclient.read((uint8_t *)&respBuf[respLen], sizeof(respBuf) - respLen);
Serial.print(F("bytesIn ")); Serial.println(bytesIn);
if (bytesIn > 0) {
respLen += bytesIn;
if (respLen > sizeof(respBuf)) respLen = sizeof(respBuf);
}
else if (bytesIn < 0) {
Serial.print(F("read error "));
Serial.println(bytesIn);
}
}
delay(1);
}
httpclient.stop();
if (respLen >= sizeof(respBuf)) {
Serial.print(F("respBuf overflow "));
Serial.println(respLen);
delay(DELAY_ERROR);
return;
}
// Terminate the C string
respBuf[respLen++] = '\0';
Serial.print(F("respLen "));
Serial.println(respLen);
//Serial.println(respBuf);
if (showWeather(respBuf)) {
delay(DELAY_NORMAL);
}
else {
delay(DELAY_ERROR);
}
}
bool showWeather(char *json)
{
StaticJsonBuffer<3*1024> jsonBuffer;
// Skip characters until first '{' found
// Ignore chunked length, if present
char *jsonstart = strchr(json, '{');
//Serial.print(F("jsonstart ")); Serial.println(jsonstart);
if (jsonstart == NULL) {
Serial.println(F("JSON data missing"));
return false;
}
json = jsonstart;
// Parse JSON
JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.parseObject(json);
if (!root.success()) {
Serial.println(F("jsonBuffer.parseObject() failed"));
return false;
}
// Extract weather info from parsed JSON
JsonObject& current = root["current_observation"];
const float temp_f = current["temp_f"];
Serial.print(temp_f, 1); Serial.print(F(" F, "));
const float temp_c = current["temp_c"];
Serial.print(temp_c, 1); Serial.print(F(" C, "));
const char *humi = current[F("relative_humidity")];
Serial.print(humi); Serial.println(F(" RH"));
const char *weather = current["weather"];
Serial.println(weather);
const char *pressure_mb = current["pressure_mb"];
Serial.println(pressure_mb);
const char *observation_time = current["observation_time_rfc822"];
Serial.println(observation_time);
// Extract local timezone fields
const char *local_tz_short = current["local_tz_short"];
Serial.println(local_tz_short);
const char *local_tz_long = current["local_tz_long"];
Serial.println(local_tz_long);
const char *local_tz_offset = current["local_tz_offset"];
Serial.println(local_tz_offset);
return true;
}
@mpo881
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mpo881 commented Dec 21, 2016

Likewise, I got the results;
image
Regenerated new API key and same results. I searched on Weather Underground by my zip code and it returned the correct results for my location. Not sure why I cant get the code to work?
Thanks
Tried a 3rd API key and it is now working? Crazy.
Thanks

@newbie1994
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Hello,

I am thinking of doing a project with the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266.

Will this code work with this development board?

Thanks in advance!

@LarryJing
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instead of defining location, you can just put in autoip

@LarryJing
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where do you download the esp library?

@mechanic98
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Basic Infos

i am writing a code that give weather forecast from wunderground.com website with HTTP request, and i want send to me this forecast in telegram. i use UniversalTelegramBot library to send message in telegram. so this code have to part:
1- give weather forecast from wunderground.com
2- send this forecast in telegram Bot
Each part work as well , but when i merge two part i give Exception (29) error :(

Hardware

Hardware: NodeMcu Lua WIFI Board Based on ESP8266 CP2102 Module (ESP-12E)
Core Version: I do not know!!!
because i flash my esp with ESP8266Flasher.exe
my setings in ESP8266Flasher is in this picture:

Settings in IDE

Module: Adafruit HUZZAH esp8266
Flash Size: 4MB(3MB SPIFFS)
CPU Frequency: 80Mhz
Upload Using: SERIAL 115200

Sketch

https://pastebin.com/0z9YFd06

Debug Messages

https://pastebin.com/suesbtiv

@edgarsjukna
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Thank you for the code! Everything work fine for me.
Maybe you can help with one question: "how can correct parse /forecast/ .json?"

@giano2002
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giano2002 commented Sep 1, 2019

Compiling your sketch on my Arduino IDE, I encountered errors in the part concerning Json (upgrade from Json 5 to Json 6 was the message on IDE!).
I made some changes to the sketch, as follow:

< bool showWeather (char * json)
{
StaticJsonDocument <3 * 1024> doc;
// Skip characters until first '{' found
// Ignore chunked length, if present
char * jsonstart = strchr (json, '{');
if (jsonstart == NULL) {
Serial.println (F ("JSON data missing"));
return false;
}
json = jsonstart;

// Parse JSON
// JsonObject & root = doc.parseObject (json);
DeserializationError error = deserializeJson (doc, json);
if (error) {
Serial.print ("deserializeJson () failed with code";
Serial.println (error.c_str ());
return false;
}
// Extract weather info from parsed JSON
JsonObject current = doc ["current_observation"; >

and no more errors.

Then, after uploaded the sketch on my nodeMCU, on Serial monitor I get:

11:18:46.083 -> Connecting to api.wunderground.com
11:18:46.130 -> GET /api/030daeaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx154fuyt6/conditions/q/Italy/Casacalenda.json HTTP/1.1
11:18:46.130 -> User-Agent: ESP8266/0.1
11:18:46.130 -> Accept: /
11:18:46.130 -> Host: api.wunderground.com
11:18:46.130 -> Connection: close
11:18:46.130 ->
11:18:46.516 -> bytesIn 179
11:18:46.516 -> respLen 180
11:18:46.516 -> JSON data missing
11:21:46.521 -> Connecting to api.wunderground.com
11:21:46.568 -> GET /api/030daeaxxxxxxxxxxxx5yut0f6/conditions/q/Italy/Casacalenda.json HTTP/1.1

Could you help me? I'm a beginner.

Thank you!

@piperov
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piperov commented Feb 7, 2020

Apparently, the Weather Underground API was shut down back in 2018:
https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-service-for-the-weather-underground-api

so this sketch cannot work.

OpenWeatherMap offers similar functionality and free APIs (for infrequent use).
Maybe worth trying?

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