Conky Weather Forecast Python Script

[Quackers]

Have you signed up for an account at weather.com?
Have you got your location code (eg UKXX9999)?
Do you have account ID and licence key?
Did you enter these into your conkyForecast.config file?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then that config file should be in your /Home folder as a hidden file.
I think this is in the first post of this thread.

[ikonitas]

Have you signed up for an account at weather.com?
Yes I did.

Have you got your location code (eg UKXX9999)?
Yes I got USAL0054

Do you have account ID and licence key?
Yes
XOAP_PARTNER_ID = 1215999739
XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = e260a727941ced0b

Did you enter these into your conkyForecast.config file?
Yes

#config settings for conkyForecast.py
CACHE_FOLDERPATH = /tmp/
CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5
EXPIRY_MINUTES = 30
TIME_FORMAT = %H:%M
DATE_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d
LOCALE = 
XOAP_PARTNER_ID = 1215999739
XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = e260a727941ced0b
MAXIMUM_DAYS_FORECAST = 7
AUTO_NIGHT = False
BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=5&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m
#BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xml.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=10&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m

If the answer to these questions is yes, then that config file should be in your /Home folder as a hidden file.
I think this is in the first post of this thread.

config file is in /home folder and it still doesnt work.

[Quackers]

From the first post

To copy and edit the config file, using the command line , run the following two commands in a terminal, one after the other:

Code:

cp /usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.config ~/.conkyForecast.config
nano ~/.conkyForecast.config

So you've now got the .conkyForecast.config file in your /home folder. Ok and it still doesn't work. Maybe it's something to do with how your .conkyrc calls it.
Or if you're using a weather.template maybe there's a problem with that or how it's called by conky. There are a number of possible problems.
I would suggest you go to the first post in the thread and retrace all the steps while locating and inspecting all your files along the way, checking that those files are in the correct place.

[ikonitas]

cp /usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecast.config ~/.conkyForecast.config
nano ~/.conkyForecast.config

its working thanks, I dont know hoe did i missed this

[Quackers]

Ah excellent news
It's easy to miss a step when you are trying to follow a long set of instructions especially when working in unfamiliar territory. Ask me how I know!

[kaivalagi]

UPDATE

Updates as follows:

• Updated the /usr/bin/ script to use the python2 sym link instead of python as Python 3 is either here (Arch) or coming (Ubuntu)

Package changes can be seen here: https://launchpad.net/~conkyhardcore...source.changes

The apt packages should be available soon

Cheers

Note For 10.10 Users
I do beleive that Ubuntu 10.10 has a bug not having the python2 symbolic link, all other distro's I've used including previous versions of Ubuntu do have a python2 sym link...chances are it's been forgotten about in the hurry to rollout 10.10....

To fix things so the script can work as it is supposed to post the latest update just add a symbolic link in for python2 like this:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python2

[laabor]

Hi All
I have problem configuring conkyweather. No matter what kind of information I want conky to display, all I ever get is 5 degrees C. here are my config files:

.conkyrc

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 0.5
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 250 5
maximum_width 400
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color gray
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment top_right
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer yes
text_buffer_size 1024

 ...
${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan2}WEATHER ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
${font}${color DimGray}

${voffset -25}${font Weather:size=45}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=PLXX0028 –datatype=WF}
${alignc 22}${voffset -60}${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color DimGray}${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=PLXX0028 –datatype=HT}


${color DimGray}Sunrise: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=PLXX0028 –datatype=SR}${alignr}
Sunset: $alignr${execi 1800 conkyForecast –location=PLXX0028 –datatype=SS}$color

Conditions: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=PLXX0028 --datatype=CC}
${font ConkyWeather:size=36}${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=PLXX0028 --datatype=WF}${font}
Temp: ${execi 3600 conkyForecast --location=PLXX0028 --datatype=HT}

and my .conkyForecast.config

# config settings for conkyForecast.py
CACHE_FOLDERPATH = /tmp/
CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5
EXPIRY_MINUTES = 30
TIME_FORMAT = %H:%M
DATE_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d
LOCALE = 
XOAP_PARTNER_ID = my_id
XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = my_key
MAXIMUM_DAYS_FORECAST = 4
AUTO_NIGHT = False
BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=5&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m
#BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xml.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=10&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m

Can someone point out errors in my config ?? Thanks

[kaivalagi]

Hi All
I have problem configuring conkyweather. No matter what kind of information I want conky to display, all I ever get is 5 degrees C.

Without looking at your config I would say the first thing to try is switching location codes to somewhere else just to see if all is fine, you want to rule out an issue with weather.com data feeds for the location first I'd say. My weather locations works fine and is UKXX0103 (Norwich, UK)

[jpope]

Note For 10.10 Users
I do beleive that Ubuntu 10.10 has a bug not having the python2 symbolic link, all other distro's I've used including previous versions of Ubuntu do have a python2 sym link...chances are it's been forgotten about in the hurry to rollout 10.10....

To fix things so the script can work as it is supposed to post the latest update just add a symbolic link in for python2 like this:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python2

FYI. Had to create the symlink in CrunchBang Statler A2 (based on Debian Squeeze) too...

[nhianho]

I got a problem with my conky weather, hope you guys can help me fix it.
Here is my conkyForecast.config

# config settings for conkyForecast.py
CACHE_FOLDERPATH = /tmp/
CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5
EXPIRY_MINUTES = 30
TIME_FORMAT = %H:%M
DATE_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d
LOCALE = 
XOAP_PARTNER_ID = 1216648202
XOAP_LICENCE_KEY = ddbed347baee224b
MAXIMUM_DAYS_FORECAST = 4
AUTO_NIGHT = False
BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=5&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m
#BASE_XOAP_URL = http://xml.weather.com/weather/local/<LOCATION>?cc=*&dayf=10&link=xoap&prod=xoap&par=<XOAP_PARTNER_ID>&key=<XOAP_LICENCE_KEY>&unit=m

I already got my location code, however it always results to the information of the default city (Norwich). For example, when I run this:

${execi 1800 conkyForecast --location=USOR0275}
${execi 1800 conkyForecast --datatype=CN}

The result is always Norwich.

What did I do wrong and how can I fix it?