Openweathermap 2.5 deprecation

[billraff]

I had to re-do some things in Home Assistant due to the deprecation of Openweathermap 2.5 which will happen this month. Just wanted to give a heads up.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openweathermap/

[jasonacox]

Thanks for opening this @billraff !

I see the notice on the HA site, but when I go to https://openweathermap.org/current I'm not seeing any indication that 2.5 is going away. I'm probably missing something obvious.

I went to https://openweathermap.org/api and scroll down and click "Current Weather Data" subscribe
On https://openweathermap.org/price scroll down to "Free" and click "Current Weather" and it still shows this:

To be clear, I never subscribed to "One Call", just the basic/free "Current Weather".

[billraff]

Maybe I misunderstand this change. The Home Assistant Openweathermap integration forced me to start using the 3.0 API calls. I read about this on the Openweathermap site here -

https://openweathermap.org/one-call-transfer

Maybe it's nothing that affects Powerwall-Dashboard.

[jasonacox]

access to One Call API 2.5 will be finally closed in June 2024

It is confusing. I'm still not entirely clear. I know the API I'm using and recommend is not a "One Call" because I don't see any forecast data, just the basics. However, it looks like either would work with our weather411 service for the Dashboard. All that to say, I suspect once the 2.5 One Call goes away (~"June" date) it could impact some of our community.

I'm going to reopen this just in case it helps others who see a problem.

[Stephen2615]

Hi @jasonacox

I ran the http://localhost:8676/
and it spat out: https://api.openweathermap.org/data/**2.5**/weather?.... etc. etc.
So, I looked at upgrading to 3.0 and you need to register for it. They also want Credit Card details when registering. Apparently, you can set a limit of 1000 calls a day so if you go over it, you won't get billed but it isn't obvious where this is done.
There appear to be alternatives but I don't know if they can be easily integrated into your dashboard.

Cheers

Stephen

[billraff]

It does state the those types of requests will be honored after the change so no need for the add-on to change the request type.

"Please note that no other products are affected by this change, including other APIs that have ‘/2.5/’ section in their URL."

My understanding is at some point you will be required to have an account. The account will require a credit card. Once the account is setup you will have the ability to set the number of requests per day to not exceed the free tier of service (1000).

Looking at my usage I have not gotten even close to the 999 calls per day limit I have set.

[jasonacox]

Instead of signing up for the "One Call API 3.0", you can sign up for the free "Professional Collection" without using a Credit Card. I just tested it.

Go here: https://openweathermap.org/price and scroll down to "Professional Collection" and select the "Get API key" under the "Free" collection:

It requires you to sign up with an account (email and password). It sends you an email to confirm your account. Once you do, it sends you another email like this:

API key:

• Within the next couple of hours, your API key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx will be activated and ready to use
• You can later create more API keys on your account page
• Please, always use your API key in each API call

You can then use that key in weather411 setup (and yes, it can take a few days before it is active).