#WEATHER DESKLETS DRIVER#
#WEATHER DESKLETS CODE#
#WEATHER DESKLETS ZIP#
#WEATHER DESKLETS FREE#

Locations can be specified as a US zipcode, a UK or Canadian post code, or as a latitude and longitude.

#WEATHER DESKLETS FREE#

WWO no longer offer new keys for this free API. World Weather Online requires an API key.

#WEATHER DESKLETS CODE#

You can convert this to a zmw code by taking the station number (03541 in this case) and prefixing it with zmw:00000.1. If you are taken to a URL with a station ID such as: Use the section following the q, eg zmw:0001. If you search for your city on and are taken to URL of this form: You should check that your proposed location works by visiting the website, eg You can also specify locations as Country/City, eg France/Paris, or within the USA as State/City, eg TX/Houston. These should be decimals, separated by a comma, with positive being north or east. You can also give a latitude and longitude.

#WEATHER DESKLETS ZIP#

For locations in the USA you can simply use a zip code.

There are several ways to specify the location for Weather Underground. Weather Desklet uses the 10 day forecast data, so you will need to get at least the Cumulus Plan. You can obtain a free developer API key here. For example, a search for Berlin takes you to: The code you need is the numeric part at the end of URL for the city's weather. Visit Yahoo! Weather and search for your city. Unfortunately Yahoo! is no longer supported because of an incompatible change to the Yahoo! API To obtain an API Key for Open Weather Map register on the Open Weather Map website. Open Weather Map Free requires an API Key. Locations are specified in the same way as for the original Open Weather Map driver.

#WEATHER DESKLETS DRIVER#

As the forecasts are 3 hourly the driver has to do some approximating to come up with a daily forecast. This OWM driver (contributed by Kallys) works with OWM's 5 day forecast API, which is available on free accounts. For example, a search for Chicago takes you to: Visit the Open Weather Map and search for your city. This API is no longer available on free accounts. This is the original Open Weather Map driver that works with OWM's 16 day forecast API. For example, a search for London takes you to: To find your location code visit the BBC Weather site and search for your city. Below are notes on each of the services supported. The Location must be specified as a code and these codes are specific to the service that you are using. Note that some services require you to obtain an API key by registering with them. Select the service you wish to use to provide weather data. Right click on the desklet and select 'Configure.' to enter the configuration screen. Hovering over the icons in the forecast area will show a brief descriptions of the forecast, whilst clicking on the current weather icon or the credit link at the bottom of the desklet will take you to a more detailed forecast for your area. You can always force a refresh by clicking the refresh button at the bottom right. The Weather Desklet includes translations into a growing number of languages.Д«y default the forecast will be refreshed approximately every thirty minutes. At present it can work with data from the BBC, Yahoo! Weather, Open Weather Map, Weather Underground, World Weather Online, forecast.io, and (The Weather Channel). It comes with a choice of icons and plenty of options for configuring how it looks, and for those who like to keep an eye on the weather in several locations it supports multiple instances. The Weather Desklet is a desklet for the Cinnamon desktop.

Weather desklets