This is an AmbientWeather API driver for weewx. This will work with any AmbientWeather stations that uploads data to ambientweather.net. I decided to go this route as the only way to get access to some infomration is via the Ambinent Weather API. Since I have a number of external temperature sensors I wrote this driver so I could pull that data into weewx.
This driver uses the AmbientAPI Python3 package to make the API calls.
This driver only works with Weewx 4.0+ and Python3.
- Install the necessary Python packages
sudo -H pip3 install -r requirements.txt- Install the extension
weectl extension install https://github.com/themoosman/weewx-ambientweatherapi-json/archive/master.zip --yes- Modify
weewx.confusing the snippets in this repo'sweeex.conf - Restart
weewx
The following table outlines the weewx.conf station variables.
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| loop_interval | How often the driver will make an API call. Be careful as Ambient Weather has limits |
| api_url | Ambient Weather API endpoint. You probably don't need to change this. |
| api_app_key | API Application Key from your ambientweather.net website |
| api_key | API Key from your ambientweather.net website |
| hardware | String to identify the hardware used |
| driver | Don't change this value |
| aw_debug | Optional: Set to 1 to get verbose output from the Ambient API. The default value is 0 |
| use_meteobridge | Optional: Set to True if using Meteobridge, False is the default or leave commented out |
| station_mac | Optional: Specify a specific station MAC address to return data. If blank or unspecified, then the first station in the list is returned. |