WeatherKit

Post by Thaxll » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:22 AM UTC

twicetwice wrote: post #6

junofan wrote: post #4

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Says there’s a REST API?

Oops, that's what I get for not reading closely enough! In my defense, my eyes glazed over after the fourth Apple-product-OS version number ;) but yes, my bad on that Looks like it's 500k calls per month per Apple Developer Program account, so essentially $99/yr. Not totally unreasonable pricing, although I wish I could buy it a la carte. It's a bit out of my price range for hobby projects. If I ever start developing…

Post by Rygian » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

bredren wrote: post #19

annexrichmond wrote: post #8

I 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 a…

Post by saagarjha » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:39 AM UTC

caseyf7 wrote: post #16

Does this provide any historical data like daily max, min temperatures? Quality historical weather data would be great to have in this.

Post by saagarjha » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:40 AM UTC

cube00 wrote: post #17

mrexroad wrote: post #15

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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.

Post by cube00 » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:46 AM UTC

mcphage wrote: post #25

cube00 wrote: post #17

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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.

> I was questioning why WeatherKit needs a "platform-specific Swift API" at all So you can use it without having to deal with the low level detail of HTTP connections.