Just a thought - is it possible that in .conf there should not be any
quotes around the format string? Other values appear to have no quotes
around them.
On Sunday, 31 December 2017 07:32:41 UTC+2, Chris Alemany wrote:
> Success!
>
> I shifted focus to the _DEFAULT_FORMAT value in the twitter.py file
> directly rather than the weewx.conf file and the first and simplest option
> works!
>
> The \n escape sequence works to create a new line.
>
> This:
>
> _DEFAULT_FORMAT = '{station} {dateTime:%H:%M %b %d %Y}:\nT:
> {outTemp:%.1f}C\nD: {dewpoint:%.1f}C\nW: {windDir:ORD} {windSpeed:%.1f}kph
> gusting to {windGust:%.1f}kph\nH: {outHumidity:%.0f}%\nP:
> {barometer:%.2f}hPa\nDay Rain {dayRain:%.2f}mm\nRain Rate:
> {rainRate:%.1f}mm/hr\nChill:{windchill:%.1f}C\nHIndex:{heatindex:%.1f}C\nSolar:
>
> {radiation:%.0f}W/m2\nUV: {UV:%.0f}\n#PortAlberni\nhttps://
> www.alberniweather.ca\nhttps://www.youtube.com/alberniweather'
>
> Produced this:
>
> Hourly Auto-Tweet 21:25 Dec 30 2017:
> T: 2.4C
> D: 0.7C
> W: NNE 1.5kph gusting to 3.1kph
> H: 88%
> P: 1028.18hPa
> Day Rain 3.30mm
> Rain Rate: 0.0mm/hr
> Chill:2.4C
> HIndex:2.4C
> Solar: 0W/m2
> UV: 0
> #PortAlberni
> https://www.alberniweather.ca
>
> I had degree symbols in the string originally, which killed weewx when I
> tried to use them in the DEFAULT value. So I took those out and it works
> fine now. I'll see if I can use a character encoding to get the degree
> symbol, but it's not a deal breaker. The main goal has been fulfilled,
> even if it is a little hack-ish :)
>
> BTW: I also thought it might have been a double quote vs. single quote
> problem in the weewx.conf but still no love when I tried that, so I will
> settle on this solution.
>
> Thanks again for everyones help. I will post again if I get degree
> symbols in there. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 8:18:56 PM UTC-8, Chris Alemany wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 2:47:52 PM UTC-8, vince wrote:
>>>
>>> On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 11:58:47 AM UTC-8, Chris Alemany wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That's a negative on both  and %0a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> That twython is capable of sending "new lines" to twitter. And of
>>>> course python is able to have new lines within strings. Is it perhaps
>>>> some
>>>> way in how the .conf file is being parsed that does not allow these
>>>> characters through properly?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is ugly but seems to work.....
>>>
>>> >>> mytweet=("this is line1\n" "this is line2\n" "this is line3\n")
>>> >>> print mytweet
>>> this is line1
>>> this is line2
>>> this is line3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Doesn't seem to parse when used in the format option in weewx.conf just
>> spits out the characters it is given... I'll look into mangling the
>> twitter.py file perhaps.
>>
>> @Auto_AlberniWx
>> ("this is line1\n" "this is line2\n" "this is line3\n")
>>
>>
>>
>
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