In weewx.conf: For the password, instead of entering your site password,
try the key there. It's NOT the api key. It's under "My Devices" in your
member settings on WU.
[StdRestful]
[[Wunderground]]
enable = true
station = KCASANFRA11
password = XXXXXXXX
rapidfire = True
api_key = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 5:46 PM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org> wrote:
> Where (what field) did you plug the key into?
>
> David
>
> On Jun 23, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Ernest Jillson <etjill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok. This IS strange.
>
> I'm running weewx 3.9x and have my data going to wunderground with station
> ID and site password. The person I was helping is using weewx 4.1 and
> station ID and password was failing as mentioned in this thread. Today,
> just for the heck of it, he decided to try using the "key" associated with
> his account. Bingo! Not sure if it's a difference between 3.9x and 4.1 or
> maybe that he has a vue and I have vp2? At least we got it working. Maybe
> that will work for the OP too!
>
> <WU_PWS_Key.JPG>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 4:29 PM Ernest Jillson <etjill...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm helping someone set up a brand new pi with weewx and vantage vue. We
>> are getting the same thing in the logs. Failed to publish record. This is
>> using python 3 and weewx 4.x (latest). It says it's adding records to
>> database, but fails upload to WU. He even tried changing the password.
>> Meanwhile I've been running fine with 3.9.2 and python 2.
>>
>> I'll be following this thread to see what the resolution might end up
>> being.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:27 PM Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't blame you.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 12:23 PM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps I should just give up on the WU. PWSweather takes my data just
>>>> fine, and I'll add the NWS and a couple of others in the near
>>>> future.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 21, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like yet another WU SNAFU.
>>>>
>>>> You could try disabling RapidFire and just use regular postings. RF has
>>>> always been unreliable.
>>>>
>>>> -tk
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 12:16 PM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Enclosing with quotes didn=E2=80=99t change anything and I logged
>>>>> out/in
>>>>> from Wunderground and explicitly typed in the password. That worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> enable = true
>>>>> station = KCAPOWAY177
>>>>> password ="AlphaNumericDataH3Re"
>>>>> # Set the following to True to have weewx use the WU "Rapidfire"
>>>>> # protocol. Not all hardware can support it. See the User's
>>>>> Guide.
>>>>> rapidfire = True
>>>>>
>>>>> Still failing. Debug is set to 1, is there anything else that could be
>>>>> useful?
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 21, 2020, at 11:42 AM, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, now you have an *upload* problem, which suggests a password
>>>>> problem. Make sure you're using the right password. Does it have any
>>>>> special characters in it? If so, enclose with quotes in weewx.conf.
>>>>>
>>>>> -tk
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:32 AM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Curl gets a 204. So my configuration ’should’ be working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> password is set to the password I login with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wunderfixer still returning a 503, so that is unusual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m now seeing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:19 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:15 PDT (1592763975): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:24 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:19 PDT (1592763979): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:30 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:25 PDT (1592763985): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:35 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:29 PDT (1592763989): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:40 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:35 PDT (1592763995): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:45 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:39 PDT (1592763999): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:50 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:45 PDT (1592764005): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:26:55 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:49 PDT (1592764009): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:27:00 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:26:55 PDT (1592764015): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>> Jun 21 11:27:05 Magrathea weewx[23591]: restx: Wunderground-RF:
>>>>>> Failed to publish record 2020-06-21 11:27:01 PDT (1592764021): Failed
>>>>>> upload after 1 tries
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCAPOWAY177 still
>>>>>> reports ‘offline’.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve got ‘debug = 1’ in my configuration, so what else would be
>>>>>> useful to include to finish this up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 21, 2020, at 10:48 AM, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Blank page is probably good, and hopefully means that it's accepting
>>>>>> the API key. To be sure, try curl:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> curl -i '
>>>>>> https://api.weather.com/v2/pws/observations/all/1day?stationId=KCAPOWAY177&format=json&units=m&apiKey=XXXXX
>>>>>> '
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> where, again, XXXXX is your API key. This will give you the returned
>>>>>> status code. I would expect 204.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NB: the API key is necessary to *download* data, the password is
>>>>>> necessary to *upload* data. So, you want the API key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 9:48 AM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Weird, when presented my very long API key I get back a blank page.
>>>>>>> I’ll assume that is good. When I give it the short key I get back
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> {"metadata":{"transaction_id":"##############"},"success":false,"errors":[{"error":{"code":"CDN-0001","message":"Invalid
>>>>>>> apiKey."}}]}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What debugging do I need to turn on (and where to look on the Mac)
>>>>>>> to see the URL being sent when I’m using wunderfixer to see what it is
>>>>>>> sending?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 21, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Odds are it's a WU thing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you're comfortable manipulating URLs, you can try a GET request
>>>>>>> directly. Use the URL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://api.weather.com/v2/pws/observations/all/1day?stationId=KCAPOWAY177&format=json&units=m&apiKey=XXXXX
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> where XXXXX is your API key. Sometimes this will give you additional
>>>>>>> detail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interestingly, when I try the above with my own API key, I get a 204
>>>>>>> ("No Content") error, not a 403.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 8:58 AM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The key, password, and API all match with the station name.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I look at the station under
>>>>>>>> https://www.wunderground.com/member/devices -> My Devices, it
>>>>>>>> shows Offline.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I’m assuming that is because I’m not sending data rather than some
>>>>>>>> other step in the setup process that I’m not able to discern. Web
>>>>>>>> searches
>>>>>>>> don’t show any registration steps that I’ve missed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is it just a WU thing, or am I really just missing something
>>>>>>>> obvious?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 20, 2020, at 5:59 PM, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Normally, if you give the wrong API key, you get a 401 error. You
>>>>>>>> are getting a 403 error, which implies that the key may be right, but
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> do not have authorization to access the data. Are you sure you have the
>>>>>>>> right station?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, double check the API key. You can find it here
>>>>>>>> <https://www.wunderground.com/member/api-keys>. Does it match what
>>>>>>>> you have in weewx.conf?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 5:39 PM David Barto <ba...@kdbarto.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I’ve got a new Station KCAPOWAY177
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I’ve got an API key <very long string> and a ‘key’ <8 alpha
>>>>>>>>> numeric key> and my password to log into the site.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No matter which of the 3 I choose for my password, the response to
>>>>>>>>> wunderfixer is always the same.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> $ ./bin/wunderfixer --test --config=$(pwd)/weewx.conf
>>>>>>>>> --station=KCAPOWAY177 —password=<pick any one> --verbose
>>>>>>>>> Using configuration file /Users/Shared/weewx/weewx.conf.
>>>>>>>>> Using database binding 'wx_binding', which is bound to database
>>>>>>>>> 'archive_sqlite'
>>>>>>>>> Weather Underground Station: KCAPOWAY177
>>>>>>>>> Date to check: 2020-06-20
>>>>>>>>> Number of archive records: 1055
>>>>>>>>> Unable to open Weather Underground station KCAPOWAY177 or HTTP
>>>>>>>>> Error 403: Forbidden
>>>>>>>>> Could not get Weather Underground data. Exiting.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any idea of where to go now?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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