openweather GNOME plugin and forecast.io

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 2015-10-25 at 17:58 -0700, Joseph Loo wrote:
> On 10/25/2015 10:27 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-10-24 at 19:30 -0700, Joseph Loo wrote:
> > > On 10/24/2015 02:54 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > > > My issue is the reverse of the thread about openweathermap.org.
> > > > Openweathermap.org is working fine for me in the OpenWeather
> > > > GNOME
> > > > plugin, but if I switch to forecast.io, nothing loads. This
> > > > used to
> > > > work fine a couple of months ago, but now it fails on multiple
> > > > machines. I have API keys for both sources and I can log into
> > > > both
> > > > from
> > > > a browser.
> > > > 
> > > > I find the forecast.io reports more accurate than
> > > > openweathermap.org,
> > > > so I'd prefer to switch, if I could get it working again.
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions or related experiences?
> > > > 
> > > > TIA.
> > > > 
> > > Did you load the api key using the xxx.io registered key?
> > 
> > My API key appears in the OpenWeather settings window under Weather
> > provider. Is that what you're asking, or is there something else I
> > need
> > to do? I can use that key to log into forecast.io's Web site.
> > 
> > > 
> I  am not sure, but remember there are 2 keys, one for .org and the
> other for .io. Just a guess, since you are using the .io you might
> need
> to get the api key from .io and put it in to make it work.

Got it, thanks. Note that it worked for a time before failing, so the
API key should have been good. Set the URL protocol to https and it
worked with my API key. Also, mine was version 39, but current version
50 seems to work fine as well.

Thanks for the tip, though.
> 
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu