Is there anything in this that DarkSky didn't provide years ago before it was acquired by Apple?
DarkSkys API offering wasn’t free for more than 10k requests per month so there’s that.
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#13Is there anything in this that DarkSky didn't provide years ago before it was acquired by Apple?
AFAIK there is actually LESS data than DarkSky (no daily high, low, feels like, etc..).
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#14You've got to wonder why the focus isn't on providing a seamless general Rest API experience for all services rather then having specific Swift extensions for each service.
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#15You've got to wonder why the focus isn't on providing a seamless general Rest API experience for all services rather then having specific Swift extensions for each service.
There is a rest api.
> It’s easy to use WeatherKit in your apps for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9 with a platform-specific Swift API, and on any other platform with a REST API.
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#16Does this provide any historical data like daily max, min temperatures? Quality historical weather data would be great to have in this.
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#17You've got to wonder why the focus isn't on providing a seamless general Rest API experience for all services rather then having specific Swift extensions for each service.
There is a rest api. > It’s easy to use WeatherKit in your apps for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9 with a platform-specific Swift API, and on any other platform with a REST API. [edited for tone]
I was questioning why WeatherKit needs a "platform-specific Swift API" at all.
If the general REST API in Swift is good then WeatherKit can be integrated into Swift apps as easily as any other service. If it's not easy then improvements to the general REST API could be considered.
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#18You've got to wonder why the focus isn't on providing a seamless general Rest API experience for all services rather then having specific Swift extensions for each service.
If you're building a site or something, why would you use WeatherKit's REST API rather than using something like OpenWeatherMap?
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#19I learned in a meeting at my last job that many weather apps solely exist to collect and sell location data. Don’t have specific evidence but it seemed to be par for the course. So I’m glad to see this API, hopefully it’ll help more privacy focused weather apps thrive.
Apple has continued to take on services third parties previously used to exploit the private information of Apple’s customers.
This includes Apple Card, but also the recently introduced multi-week payment options Apple is offering to buy its products. (Previously offered by other services “for free.”)
I have no doubt that Apple is looking at how data is leaking across the ecosystem and is seeking to stop it as much as possible.
I’m curious to see what else is in the works.
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#20The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has an excellent free HTTP/JSON weather API that covers the globe. No signup required.