Google kills weather API - apps go down
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Google kills weather API - apps go down
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Re: Google kills weather API - apps go down
#2When I was looking into using it there were articles talking about this being phased our sooner or later. I started using Wunderground/YQL as a backup source at that point.
Sometimes reading/researching pays dividends.
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#3Try the YR API instead: http://api.yr.no/weatherapi/documentation
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#4I have a similar weather service. All this week I am getting lots of requests. Thank you Google!
And if you want to get more infofmation about free weather and forecast mapping service, and API welcome to
http://openweathermap.org/wiki/Main_Page
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#5>Google has shut down its weather API without a word and stranded developers who relied on it to power their weather-related applications.
It was a private undocumentated API used internally. Using it was always a big risk.
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#6Aha! I was wondering about that. I have something that uses it, albeit not for the most important part of the site/page: http://www.meteo-veneto.net (completely useless for those who don't live in the Veneto region of Italy), and I figured that was the problem, but was not sure. Thanks for posting this.
Not that big a deal, and I knew it was undocumented, so I guess I'll just go find another one. Recommendations? Needs to be accessible via Javascript.
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#7I am not sure it is correct to call a private undocumented API an "API". Just because you can access it over http or whatnot doesn't mean that it is an API for you to use.
The same would hold true for any website I make that has an internal API it uses to serve up pages. Sure, you can make a service that mimics the correct calls and gets the data, but don't be surprised when I change my routes around and your stuff stops working.
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#8I wrote about this some years ago.
Since Google’s Weather API is completely officially undocumented it’s worth noting that in future it may be wise to use Yahoo’s weather API, which is fully and officially documented.
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#9>Google has shut down its weather API without a word and stranded developers who relied on it to power their weather-related applications. It was a private undocumentated API used internally. Using it was always a big risk.
My fault for lack of due diligence, but I was using it through the python-weather-api package and I had no idea it was undocumented.
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#10I am not sure it is correct to call a private undocumented API an "API". Just because you can access it over http or whatnot doesn't mean that it is an API for you to use. The same would hold true for any website I make that has an internal API it uses to serve up pages. Sure, you can make a service that mimics the correct calls and gets the data, but don't be surprised when I change my routes around and your stuff s…
That's the difference between public and private, not API and not-API.