The password is called an Authentication Key in WOW. You create it yourself in WOW by logging into your site then select edit site, you add a key in there. "WOW provides a simple API for you to automatically upload data into WOW. The easiest solution for most users is to use a piece of software that supports this API, and some of these are listed below. If you would prefer not to use these or are writing your own, please see the details further down the page about the API.
Before you attempt to upload you will need 2 numbers. The first is your Site ID. This is an arbitrary number that is used to distinguish your site from another. This number appears (in brackets) next to or underneath the name of your site on the site information page, for example (956916003) for pre-June 2016 sites or (6a571450-df53-e611-9401-0003ff5987fd) The second item you require is the Authentication Key. This is a 6 digit number that is used to ensure data is coming from you and not another user. If you do not know (or have not created) the Authentication Key, go to the Edit pages of any site you own and the value is an option under the Site Details section. Create and enter a 6-digit numeric PIN of your choice (it is not supplied by the kit manufacturer). The Authentication Key may also be referred to as the 'AWS Pin'. You must take note of both these numbers before continuing, otherwise you will not be able to upload weather data to WOW. " Regards Jimi On Sun, 4 May 2025, 6:14 pm jon.bar...@gmail.com, <jon.bartlett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys - I know a pretty old thread...but I recently had my MET account > upgraded to the new MET office WOW. > > Although I migrated my account, I had not connected Weewx to it. so now Im > doing so. > the account migrated fine, and I had to 'create a site' - which I did. I > see there is a long unique ID for the site itself ) like > (c58da0c0-0729-f021-9d47-6027bddefb8a) > - I just created it > but where do I find the 'password' - or as descirbed in the Weewx docs the > 'six digit numerical pin' - as I dont see this in the site...the only other > thing I see is a 'user id' (similar format to the long unique site Id) - > but using that, weewv complains... > > Any advice ? > > > > On Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 21:54:07 UTC John Devine wrote: > >> I just setup an account at WOW and installed weewx tonight and enabled >> the relevant section in weewx.conf and it just worked with sample data >> >> JD >> >> >> On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:25:30 PM UTC, Alan Major wrote: >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> Do you have any plans to add support for submitting observations to the >>> UK Met Office Weather Observations Website? Not sure how many users you >>> have got this side of the pond! >>> >>> They give guidance here >>> <http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/support?category=dataformats> but I am not >>> sure how I would go about set that up it in weewx. Is it something that >>> could be easily done? Has anyone done it so far? >>> >>> Alan Major >>> Birdham, UK >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/97fb053b-ba2f-468b-9ac8-d6e986465c66n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/97fb053b-ba2f-468b-9ac8-d6e986465c66n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAEzr%3D0YxaxSZhntnYfH3nEM8tnSunbdMDfuM3XKLYZt-ZBg2CQ%40mail.gmail.com.
