Windy API v4 - 18.5.0-rc public test

marekd

We are about to publish new API library. Help us with testing! This is first publicly testable version and it is probably very buggy. Feel free to report all errors in this thread.

Changelog

implements the latest Windy client 18.5.0
add arome and icon models to paid version
add snowcover, deg0 and cape overlays to paid version
fix fallbacks to default model when leaving covered area
fix data loading errors
fix uncountable amount of minor and major bugs

How to join public test

Just load libBoot.js library you already use in your website from this new URL:

https://www.windy.com/v/18.5.0.lib.aef4/libBoot.js

That is all. Do you miss anything? Let us know in this thread. Welcome to our testers group and thanks!

siim

Thanks!

Looks good so far on my test site. I will look more into it later this week.

Are you also testing Leaflet 1+ versions for Windy?
I saw some pull requests in Leaflet's Github.

marekd

@siim We are playing with leaflet 1.4.0. So far we rewrote some basic overlays and it seems ok. Step by step and we hope Windy will be compatible with the newest leaflet soon.

marekd

fix MS Edge comaptibility
fix default isolines setting

thanks @saaneuvos for reports

saaneuvos

Thanks @marekd...I found a minor bug regarding the time slider of "New snow" and "Rain accumulation". Slider is the normal version without acummulation of next 24, next 2,3,5,10 days. Slider hasn't any effect to the accumulation either...

marekd

fix accumulation slider (thanks @saaneuvos)

saaneuvos

Thanks @marekd

saaneuvos

Hi, I found two minor bugs:
1 Accumulation slider works now nicely in PC, but in mobile there is two time slider top of each other https://snag.gy/xU2e0w.jpg
2 In the parameter selector parameters can be in funny order. For example "Wind gusts" are not situated under the "Wind" but inside the "Clouds" and so on https://snag.gy/NX2Snu.jpg

marekd

fix sliders on mobile devices
fix overlays order

Thanks @saaneuvos

Olexandr11

Can you tell if temperature labels near cities are available for free version in API v4? I found temperature values at network panel, but it doesn't show up in map.

marekd

@Olexandr11 We had to disable this option off because it was a huge load for our servers. Actually I do not think you found these values at network communication, we do not send them at all.

saaneuvos

Thanks @marekd Now I noticed that there is gfs isobars (pressure) in the "Icon" at the moment...

marekd

@saaneuvos Yes, it is on purpose. For API purposes, isolines are generate from global models only. Maybe it will be changed sometimes.

tedsolutions

@marekd You mentioned "we hope Windy will be compatible with the newest leaflet soon," that is, v.1.4.0. We previously used the gratis API and had plans to incorporate the paid API. However, we've developed our new app focused on ever-improving Leaflet versions (currently 1.4.0, and tracking as it develops in future). So we have been unable to use the Windy API. We did attempt to use this test, but I think we misunderstood in that it still required 0.7.7. May I ask, is there a timetable for the compatibility with 1.4.0 so we can come back into the paid API fold and also help test?

marekd

@tedsolutions This testing API version is still based on leaflet 0.7.7. But I would be optimistic, leaflet 1.4.0 is almost there! :-) Stay tuned.

saaneuvos

@marekd In windy.com there is isobars for IconEu, but all the other isolines are from other model. Before18.5.0 there was also isobars in IconEu in API4...

marekd

Just to keep you up to date with the leaflet update. Right now we are testing client 19.0.0 with leaflet 1.4 in Europe region. If everything will work, we are going to release this version to the whole world. Then, after a couple of days, we will release new API library with client 19.0.0 for public test. So you can expect API with leaflet 1.4 compatibility in 2 or 3 weeks.

bardek

@marekd said in Windy API v4 - 18.5.0-rc public test:

19.0.0

any news on 19.0.0?

marekd

@bardek We already using leaflet 1.4 in windy.com website. We are about to publish API based on Windy 19.0.0 at first half of May. Thank you for your patience and sorry about small delay :-)