WeatherBug script & templates version 3.0 (weatherbug AP

[chrisgapske]

OK I am lost on how you install this .. The included directions are a bit hard to follow. Seeing there are no directions.

I could use just a little help installing and using this.



OK Well I can see that the xml file is not a template.
Error: XML parse error.


I put the script in cacti/scripts/..

And than what ?

[Dillweed]

Let me premise my post with the fact that I'm not a programmer, but a huge tinker'er. So if there is something wrong, oh well, you're on your own.

Anyways, I was also getting the XML parse error when I was importing the template. I found that the Degree symbol for the temperature in the xml file was giving my linux system the fits. It must be something that I'm missing in my distro. Anyways, I removed the degree symbol and it imported just fine.

I've attached it to the post so hopefully it works for you all out there.

[chrisgapske]

I am having the Very Same issue.

[mvaughn]

I've setup the script and it's creating graphs, but the data doesn't seem to be correct. When I run the script from a command line the data is accurate but the graphs are wrong.

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[root@anubis scripts]# perl ./weatherbug_api.pl A3651xxxxxx 98550
DewPoint:46 Temp:55.4 Humidity:71 Wind:0 FeelsLike:55 Rain:0.00 Pressure:30.17

[Simba7]

Here's a fix to the weatherbug_api.pl script. I noticed that I was constantly getting large gaps in my graphs. Well, I decided to run it in my browser and received "Access Denied" when the page loaded.

So, I looked through it and did some changes. Here's the change you need to do:

You need to change

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my $httpaddr = "http://$ARGV[0].api.wxbug.net/getLiveWeatherRSS.aspx?ACode=$ARGV[0]&citycode=$ARGV[1]&unittype=0";

to

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my $httpaddr = "http://api.wxbug.net/getLiveWeatherRSS.aspx?ACode=$ARGV[0]&zipcode=$ARGV[1]&unittype=0";

[Simba7]

Is there a way to include a few features from the weatherbug.pl script?

I'm noticing a large string of data, but still trying to decode it.
http://wisapidata.weatherbug.com/WxData ... 015084854/

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10991|4:11:00p|12/13/2008|-2|29|17|3|37|0.00"|0.00"/h|29.78s|84%|28°|-2°|-6°|-23°|0.00"|+0.0|+0.0|+0.00"/h|85.0|77.0|29.78"|29.21"|0.00"/h|8:53a|30|17|-0°|-53|0|0.00"|+0.0°/h|+0.0|+0.0|Billings Logan International Airport|Billings, MT|300|3600|

Plus, this script doesn't work when the temperature reaches below zero. It's currently -9F here and all it says is 'nan'.

[cryogen]

When the temperature drops below zero the temperature graph stops displaying any values at all.

When I run the script (it's currently below zero here):

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./weatherbug_api.pl myapicode 00000
Humidity:89 Wind:0 Rain:0.00 Pressure:30.32

But with a different zip (and above zero temps):

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./weatherbug_api.pl myapicode 00001
DewPoint:6 Temp:10.0 Humidity:82 Wind:0 FeelsLike:10 Rain:0.00 Pressure:30.4 

I've attached the modified the script to fix this. It now displays:

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./weatherbug_api.pl myapicode 00000
DewPoint:-10 Temp:-8.0 Humidity:89 Wind:0 FeelsLike:-8 Rain:0.00 Pressure:30.32 

and:

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./weatherbug_api.pl myapicode 00001
DewPoint:6 Temp:10.0 Humidity:82 Wind:0 FeelsLike:10 Rain:0.00 Pressure:30.4

I've also incorporated the fix for the "Access Denied" error that Simba7 posted above since that appears to be required for the script to work.

It appears to be working and the graph is displaying now. However, it's still morning so I might have missed something.

[fsd]

anyone else getting an error when trying to find a city code?

http://api.wxbug.net/getLocationsXML.as ... ring=Perth

and

http://code.api.wxbug.net/getLocationsX ... ring=Perth

replacing 'code' with the personal api code given, generates an 'access denied' message

[fsd]

nevermind, seems to be ok now, codes must have to be manually approved

[Gunnar]

Previous versions of this script here:
2.0: http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=22691
1.0: http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=8821

You must register for the WeatherBug API Code in order to use this template/script. This is a much better way of polling the weatherbug data and is approved by them.

Register for your API Code here: http://apireg.weatherbug.com/defaultAPI.aspx

Place the script in your cacti/scripts/ directory and make sure it is executable.

Am I correct in assuming that this script is working only on a Linux Cacti Box? I am running a Windows Cacti Box and the graph is not populating with data.

I am pretty new to this and appreciate some help.

Thanks

[davibou]

I have updated to Version 0.8.7e and i have debug the perl script for working with metrics values

Here we go !!!

exemple http://trueweb.fr/meteo.html

[bluesocks]

I have updated to Version 0.8.7e and i have debug the perl script for working with metrics values

Here we go !!!

exemple http://trueweb.fr/meteo.html

I tried the first script, and templates posted and this worked in that I did not receive any errors. However, it seems like I'm not getting any data in my graph. I would be very thankful if there were any suggestions as to why.

[davibou]

get my templates and my modified perl script

if you try the templates in the first post and my perl script it will not work!!!

please erase the templates and data and test to add my templates and my perl script and also try to test if the perl script return you any data

login to the console as root or with a user who as execute rights go to the cacti scripts directory and try this

./weatherbug_api.pl XXXXXXXXX YYYYY

Where
XXXXXXX is your register code @wheatherbug
YYYYY is your météo station code

you should have an answer like this
DewPoint:15.5555555555556 Temp:19.0 Humidity:82 Wind:11 FeelsLike:19 Rain:0.00 Pressure:1014.9


Regards David

[szastan]

Hi, I have other problem, only graph that generates and show data is one showing pressure, others don't show up. I've used last script and templates posted in this thread. Anyone with similar problem? Oh, console shows:

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perl weatherbug_api.pl A4338164343 72869
Temp:-14.0 Humidity:78 Wind:7 FeelsLike:-19 Rain:0.00 Pressure:1002.03

[kels0]

Weird one for ya, got everything running finally, have a couple graphs that are not graphing the correct data.

Any ideas what i need to do to fix this?

thanks in advance.