The new API only accepts wind direction values in the range 0-359.
Cumulus MX defaults to the common convention of using 0-360 for direction, where zero is used for no direction when the wind speed is zero. But 0 or 360 is commonly used for north.
This worked fine with the v1 API, but users are now getting uploads rejected when they report the direction as 360.
@lightmastertech plus one for using the average, a single instantaneous reading every five minutes minutes is a bit meaningless.
I am sending my data via Cumulus MX, it seems to be working apart from the pressure which I am sending in hPa.
I send .
...&pressure=1017.75&...
and it appears on windy.com as Pressure = 10hPa ?
My station ID is f06ebac8
Any ideas?
@gearoid Cumulus MX takes the station index too. The first you define is zero, the second 1 etc. I agree though that this information is not presented on your stations page, but they do seem to be listed in station ID order.
I have a test version of Cumulus MX available that uploads to Windy natively - no need for a custom URL, and it converts units as required.
Details here... https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17381
@chezburke I think the APIs use Kelvin for temperatures.
@chezburke You're welcome, and despite the upload API using Pascals as the default unit, the download API uses hectoPascals ;)
@ulerio I know I can fix it at my end, but really, I think Windy should accept 0-360 which is the normal range in meteorology.
The latest updates have a checksum issue with one module...
imports/bobuam.yml – File rejected: Checksum error!
Could you document the error response JSON formats on the API page?
For example, the invalid password - 400 - response is:
{"message":"Provided password is invalid","error":"Bad Request","statusCode":400}
The old API had the "message" as an array of strings iirc?
@selverob The error is
{"message":"Provided password is invalid","error":"Bad Request","statusCode":400}
@selverob It is also affecting PWS uploads from Cumulus MX, and presumably other PWS software.
@ulerio I know I can fix it at my end, but really, I think Windy should accept 0-360 which is the normal range in meteorology.
The new API only accepts wind direction values in the range 0-359.
Cumulus MX defaults to the common convention of using 0-360 for direction, where zero is used for no direction when the wind speed is zero. But 0 or 360 is commonly used for north.
This worked fine with the v1 API, but users are now getting uploads rejected when they report the direction as 360.
@Suty Sorry, that is still not clear to me. I think you mean station pressure, but there are three commonly used pressure values in meteorology...
Station Pressure (sometimes called Absolute Pressure) - the raw pressure value read by the sensor with no reduction applied.
or
Sea Level Pressure (QNH) - Station pressure reduced to sea level using temperature and humidity.
or
Altimeter - Station pressure reduced to sea level using a temperature profile of the "standard" atmosphere.
I'm assuming you want Sea Level Pressure sent via the API and not Station Pressure or something else. Can someone confirm?
@korina Thread resurrection! Are there any plans to add AQ values to the PWS upload API?