Hi All,
I currently have many thermostats controlling the heating in my house and since i started using Sharptools it has transformed the way i think about automation!
Now the next step is attaining weather from an online source that would include the usual - weather conditions(rainy,sunny,overcast etc) + wind speed & direction + temperature.
i dont see an obvious way to add this as a trigger - can anyone help as i am new to Sharptools but so far extremely impressed with everything
Thanks !
Hey Frank!
Here is a rule that will set a bunch of variables that might get you what you are looking for. You would need an Open Weather Account. It is triggered every 10 minutes by a variable changing true/false.
Excellent - thank you
I am finding it difficult to read, do you have this in a guide or maybe can it be exported into a more readable version
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There’s also the original thread about it here which has lots of tips and comments from other people who have used the API:
Most of the examples in that thread are using the OneCall 3.0 API which is documented here:
https://openweathermap.org/api/one-call-3
As noted in the document, you would need to sign-up for an OpenWeather account and wait a few hours for your API Key to become active, then use the URL format @JKB121 showed in his screenshots within an HTTP Action in your rule:
https://api.openweathermap.org/data/3.0/onecall?lat={lat}&lon={lon}&appid={API key}
I would also note that you might find it easier to Download the large screenshots by tapping the link below the image after opening the image preview:
Edit: Oh, and there’s also a neat thread about using Chat GPT along with the aforementioned weather API to get some neat AI generated summaries: Open Weather API (and Chat GPT)
I’ve never worked thru an API. I’ll give it a try.
Exactly the thing I was looking for. Will give it a try. Thanks a lot
