hmmm Rachio does not have an official agreement with wu according to this , how much truth in it or speculation i dont know
quote from wxforum
. That is the brand name of the irrigation controller that will not connect to Weather Underground. That company has stated in their blog that it would cost them 6x more to license from WU what they now get from Aeris which only gives them access to PWSweather and CWOP (MADIS).
Interesting link. Thanks!
@brklaas1, Would you mind detailing just how to go about doing that? I have a Rachio too that I’m trying to connect to my WeatherFlow station, but Rachio does not access Weather Underground data. So how are you relaying the Weather Underground data over to PWSweather.com?
mail I received today
The WU API has been around since 2010 to help you develop apps and websites as well as manage your Personal Weather Station data. During that time, we’ve watched you build amazing products and visualize weather data with creativity and purpose.
Over the years, our infrastructure has been unable to keep up with the growing numbers of users coming to us for API data. This has led to higher costs as we worked to keep the service stable and dependable. Eventually, we realized we’d need to make drastic changes or risk serious problems for our API.
As a result, we’ve made the difficult decision to retire the Weather Underground API. The Weather Company, which acquired WU back in 2012, offers a powerful suite of enterprise-grade APIs that might be better suited to meet your scale and performance needs while offering a broader range of weather data. You can see these products here .
Here’s what you need to know going forward:
- Your subscriptions, and therefore access, will continue to work through 12/31/2018 .
- If you are a paying WU API customer , you will receive a call from a representative from The Weather Company, and IBM business, to discuss transition options to other API services. If you’d like to have these conversations sooner, contact us .
- If you are a Personal Weather Station owner , you will receive more information about our plan to offer free access to the data you provide to Weather Underground. We’ll reach out once that plan has been finalized.
- For developers who use WU API data for non-commercial purposes , you will have access to a new plan for a personal use, low call volume API. Stay tuned for more details as we build this out.
- The WU Forum will continue to be the best place to connect, keep you informed, share your feedback and get your questions answered as we go through this process.
We are grateful for your commitment to Weather Underground and appreciate your understanding and support as we work through this process. These changes will allow us to continually improve our services and develop new features to keep WU a thriving place for you for many years to come.
Thanks for being part of the community!
Sincerely,
The WU Team
Thanks for the post, but I have zero idea what it means to me as a 9 year non-paying contributor to WU. Fortunately I have an api key for my use, for what that’s worth.
Seems like the same thing we were told a few months ago.
This mail just tell they will cancel all keys December, 31st…
hmmm - I don’t read that in there at all, but they’ve been less than explicit re: what the heck they’re going to do. Regardless, I’m more than willing to stop my WU uploads at the exact instant they lose me access to ‘my’ data that I’ve been contributing to them for over 12 years.
If you are a Personal Weather Station owner , you will receive more information about our plan to offer free access to the data you provide to Weather Underground. We’ll reach out once that plan has been finalized.