Cannot connect to server

[Toubob]

Same issue. I am sure the internet gods will solve the problem.

[jrenaut]

We’re aware and looking into it, thanks

[jrenaut]

It’s up now. Some scary error messages from the server, though, We’ll keep an eye on things.

[chuxtr]

The Russians/Chinese are hacking FS to change the outcome!

[Bob James]

All the weather related stats (I think using Weather Underground) haven’t updated in a week or more. I believe at the beginning of the event, someone mentioned Underground changed something that might
break the FS data pull at some point.

[jrenaut]

Yeah, Weather Underground killed their API, and we never identified a replacement. I would not count on weather data for the balance of this year’s competition.

[peterw_diy]

@jrenaut 188041 wrote:

Yeah, Weather Underground killed their API, and we never identified a replacement. I would not count on weather data for the balance of this year’s competition.

Wow, IBM killed that product really thoroughly. And nice job, WU, selling it to a tech monster so old school that they appear to offer ZERO low cost options. After years of evaluating stuff from Google and Amazon Web Services that are priced in units that cost less than a nickel, it’s shocking to see an open API replaced with something that requires individual sales team intervention, meaning probably nothing is available for less than a few thousand dollars. This sucks.

https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-service-for-the-weather-underground-api

BAFS issue opened: https://github.com/freezingsaddles/freezing-web/issues/116

[josh]

@peterw_diy 188057 wrote:

Wow, IBM killed that product really thoroughly. And nice job, WU, selling it to a tech monster so old school that they appear to offer ZERO low cost options. After years of evaluating stuff from Google and Amazon Web Services that are priced in units that cost less than a nickel, it’s shocking to see an open API replaced with something that requires individual sales team intervention, meaning probably nothing is available for less than a few thousand dollars. This sucks.

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.
….
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.

Yeah you’d think there’d be something below “enterprise-grade”. Who’s going to do the premium BikeArlington® Freezing™ Saddles© p/b Uber in 2020?

[n18]

@jrenaut 188041 wrote:

Yeah, Weather Underground killed their API, and we never identified a replacement. I would not count on weather data for the balance of this year’s competition.

Here are some free weather API I found:

https://openweathermap.org/api <- Update rate "< 2 Hours", may not be suitable.
https://www.apixu.com/pricing.aspx
https://www.weatherbit.io/pricing <- Update rate 2 Hours, may not be suitable.

[SarahBee]

@chuxtr 188003 wrote:

The Russians/Chinese are hacking FS to change the outcome!

I blame Team 19!

[Bob James]

@jrenaut 188041 wrote:

Yeah, Weather Underground killed their API, and we never identified a replacement. I would not count on weather data for the balance of this year’s competition.

Thanks for the confirmation of the problem. Bob

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