PWS - Occasional API Error

Neil Ratan

I am new to all of this. I recently fixed some sensors outside and wanted to send them to Windy. I send all my data to an MQTT server (I made it on pythonanywhere.com) and the MQTT sends it to Windy.
I have checked The data uploads, but occasionally I get an error "Unauthorised". See my server logs:

THIS-> 2024-12-09 23:56:17 {"message":"Token signature invalid","error":"Unauthorized","statusCode":401}

2024-12-10 00:11:12 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-10T00:11:09.000Z","temp":18.91,"rh":80.48,"pressure":101449}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-10T00:11:09.000Z","temp":18.91,"rh":80.48,"pressure":101449}}]}}}

THIS-> 2024-12-10 00:26:08 {"message":"Token signature invalid","error":"Unauthorized","statusCode":401}

2024-12-10 00:41:04 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-10T00:41:01.000Z","temp":18.81,"rh":79.94,"pressure":101493}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-10T00:41:01.000Z","temp":18.81,"rh":79.94,"pressure":101493}}]}}}

Can you tell me why this happens?

This is the link to my station: link

Suty

@Neil-Ratan Hello there, do you still have the issue with the invalid token? I see your station already started to report since then.

Neil Ratan

@Suty Yes, I still have the issue. It happens occasionally. I couldn't find any pattern or correlation in them. It just happens randomly.

Neil Ratan

@Suty This is from today. It happened again, multiple times and there are more```
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2024-12-12 11:01:25 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:01:23.000Z","temp":23.2,"rh":42.64,"pressure":101275}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:01:23.000Z","temp":23.2,"rh":42.64,"pressure":101275}}]}}}

2024-12-12 11:11:41 {"message":"Token signature invalid","error":"Unauthorized","statusCode":401}

2024-12-12 11:21:37 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:21:35.000Z","temp":22.84,"rh":44.66,"pressure":101285}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:21:35.000Z","temp":22.84,"rh":44.66,"pressure":101285}}]}}}

2024-12-12 11:31:36 {"message":"Token signature invalid","error":"Unauthorized","statusCode":401}

2024-12-12 11:41:50 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:41:48.000Z","temp":22.42,"rh":46.88,"pressure":101297}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T11:41:48.000Z","temp":22.42,"rh":46.88,"pressure":101297}}]}}}

Neil Ratan

@Suty Hey here are more examples, I am posting the API link too:

2024-12-12 17:02:21 {"message":"Token signature invalid","error":"Unauthorized","statusCode":401}
2024-12-12 17:02:21 http://stations.windy.com/pws/update/API_KEY?time=2024-12-12T17:02:19&temp=19.12&humidity=65.50&mbar=1015.74

2024-12-12 17:12:36 {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T17:12:34.000Z","temp":19.04,"rh":65.99,"pressure":101562}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-12-12T17:12:34.000Z","temp":19.04,"rh":65.99,"pressure":101562}}]}}}
2024-12-12 17:12:36 http://stations.windy.com/pws/update/API_KEY?time=2024-12-12T17:12:34&temp=19.04&humidity=65.99&mbar=1015.62

Neil Ratan

@Suty Will I get any solutions here?

Suty

@Neil-Ratan Hi, can you share the API key, that you send there, to my DMs, so we can check that on our end for you?

Neil Ratan

@Suty Done

Neil Ratan

I have not got any error for this

I am posting data to this: http://stations.windy.com/pws/update/apiKey?time=2025-01-20T02:55:51&temp=17.96&humidity=68.80&mbar=1016.54

2025-01-20 02:55:51,194: {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2025-01-20T02:55:51.000Z","temp":17.96,"rh":68.8,"pressure":101654}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2025-01-20T02:55:51.000Z","temp":17.96,"rh":68.8,"pressure":101654}}]}}}

But for this I am getting this error, why?

I am posting data to this: http://stations.windy.com/pws/update/apiKey?time=2025-01-20T03:05:50&temp=18.23&humidity=68.57&mbar=1016.64

2025-01-20 03:05:49,792: {"observations":[{"index":1,"errors":[{"value":"2025-01-20T03:05:50","property":"time","children":[],"constraints":{"isTimestampInLastNMinutes":"time must be in last 60 minutes"}}]}],"stations":[]}

This has suddenly started, and it is happening frequently, I have no idea why, if anyone can tell me then I'll be grateful.

Interestingly, the previous error is not there anymore. The one mentioned above in other replies.

Neil Ratan

@Neil-Ratan @Suty I hope you are doing well and not busy. Please have a look at this. You haven't replied to the previous error either. But thankfully, the last error stopped and this one started.
I have provided with two log records, 10 minutes apart. I have no idea why it is giving this error. But I copied the link that I sent to windy which led to this error and pasted it on the browser, and windy accepted it.

Suty

@Neil-Ratan Could you please send these requests that fail, for example, 5 times with the pause between them for 500ms? If that helps, there is probably a bug on our end, however, if this won't help, please share the whole URL address that you sent.

Neil Ratan

@Suty I didn't quite understand you. Can you please elaborate on why I have to do this and how this will help? As I know, your server will send a reply that there should be min. of 5-minute interval if I send the same request 5 times with a 500ms gap.
Just don't mind, I am confused here.

Neil Ratan

@Suty And about the url, I have sent it to you via chat option in detail.

Suty

@Neil-Ratan No worries, this was process that wanted my colleagues from you. I will discuss it once more with him on Monday, when he is back.

Suty

@Neil-Ratan To be sure, you still have this issue, right? If you do, please check the time you send there, it seems that both requests are a bit forward (300ms) that is probably the reason why you get these errors.

Neil Ratan

@Suty said in PWS - Occasional API Error:

@Neil-Ratan To be sure, you still have this issue, right? If you do, please check the time you send there, it seems that both requests are a bit forward (300ms) that is probably the reason why you get these errors.

I was guessing it and you pointing it out made me think about it. Yes, it was this time difference issue. The internal RTC of my weather station was slowly moving ahead and over the month it jumped around certain milliseconds ahead.
I pushed a software update into it to update the RTC time every 10 days and now it seems to be working fine. I haven't got any errors since then.

I was thinking of time lagging but it never crossed my mind that it may also get ahead.