Thanks Jimi - I had read the Weewx materials.... but yes, it was an oversight on my part...when creating ...or editting a Met Office WOW site, it now asks for 'authentication key' as one of the many fields to setup the site itself. I had obviously had a brain freeze during once setup - and couldnt see that field unless going into the 'edit' for the site.
One change to the Weewx docs though: the key is no longer a six digit pin (which probably contributed to my brain freeze on the topic) and you can enter any text you want as a key. My site is now up and puslishing to MET via the migrated WOW account I have ! Jon. PS Weewx is still the greatest software ! it just keeps giving and giving ! On Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 22:56:31 UTC+1 Jimi Lawson wrote: > 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.bar...@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+...@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/55e74958-7336-43d0-9fb1-c64fb341bd69n%40googlegroups.com.
