I think this is going to impact a lot of project out there. I didn't get the email but a friend did and forwarded to me. OpenWeatherMap is discontinuing their 2.5 free API. The 3.0 API is the replacement but it requires an account with a credit card on file. You do get 1,000 API calls per day fo…

From what you describe, it sounds acceptable to me as a free service. At 1000 calls per day, they are not going to make money out of individual users like you & me. We don't need to make calls more than once every 90 seconds. Unless our code is faulty, in which case they are motivating us to fix it…

Now I am wondering what API the "Wifi Study clock" I just bought uses. Most services that start as "open" or "free" don't remain so, for obvious reasons, it is just to collect a userbase. TNSTAAFL applies.

[image] PaulRB: From what you describe, it sounds acceptable to me as a free service. I agree but my issue is the code is on Github and Youtube, it's not just for my use. It's a popular morphing clock and weather project. I know some new users will be turned off if they have to provide a …

[image] bobcousins: Now I am wondering what API the "Wifi Study clock" I just bought uses. Most services that start as "open" or "free" don't remain so, for obvious reasons, it is just to collect a userbase. TNSTAAFL applies. I have a weather cube from Amazon, I know it uses the Open Weathe…

[image] Delta_G: You didn't give them your API key did you? If someone else is running your code then they should use their own API key so it would be on them. No I never include my API key in any of my projects.

This change is sad. As a hobbyist user, why should I provide credit card info when I know I will never come close to surpassing the free 1000 calls/day limit? It’s a security risk to keep providing financial info to companies who keep it on file, creating a fruitful opening for hackers. Worse, op…

So far I have been able to get weatherapi.com and open-meteo.com working without many issues. Open Meteo requires NO account or API and offers 1 million calls per month for free! I have been using it for a few days and so far no issues. WeatherAPI.com also works well, it requires an account/API …

Some real good info there. Thanks for the research you’ve already done and for sharing it here.

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