Weatherbug Dll (current Version: 0.1.0) Options

[Danopia]

Current version: 0.1.0 | Download .ZIP 361 kilobytes | Help file (online version)

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>WeatherBug DLL</span>
US only, international will be later on since it has much less info and is requested from the server completely different.

Current features:
* Forecasts, 2-day and 3-day
* Current conditions
* Test connection and server

Expected features:

• Metric or English measurements (currently all English)
• INTERNATIONAL support! I know you all want that
• WeatherBug station list, starting with closest to the specified zip code
• Alerts for the specified zip code or station ID. These are severe weather alerts from the NWS. There is a whole range of alert types, mostly watches, warnings, advisories, emergencies, and statements. To me, these would be good for screen savers, so you can show alerts to keep the user informed.

Since it only allowd America at the moment, a whole bunch of info is returned. See the help file for the full list. Among others, here are some values for Current Conditions:

• Time
• Date
• Temperature
• Wind direction
• Wind Speed
• Today Rainfall
• Rainfall Rate

There are 39 fields total.

Now for the why...
Alerts would be good for screen savers, so you can show alerts to keep the user informed.

Current conditions have a bunch of uses. You can base weather in a game of the current conditions of a real location, either a random location, the server location, or the player's location (best for one-player games).

Don't forget that you can actually create weather programs with this! You might even want to clone the official WeatherBug client if your bored.

<span style='font-size:7pt;line-height:100%'>Legalise: This DLL, help file, any included icons, the example, or any other included files ("DLL"), created by Danopia, danopia.net, FPSCheats, or any related party ("Danopia") is in no way affiliated with WeatherBug, weatherbug.com, weather.com, or AWS ("WeatherBug"). Any damage caused by the usage of this service is not the DLL's or Danopia's fault. Danopia recommends NOT to program triggers for nuclear bombs or rocket launchers using neither this DLL nor WeatherBug. This DLL is only to be used as a substitute for actually coding a weather system, looking out the window, or selecting a weather condition manually.</span>

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[oakwhiz]

You should make it for US, Canada and UK.

[Shaltif]

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[Smarty]

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[NEED HELP sorta]

Would it be feasible to use this for the server of an online game to check the weather outside and send that as the weather for all of the clients to set?

I am thinking of implementing this into my own MMORPG, instead of randomizing the weather with the server.

[Danopia]

Would it be feasible to use this for the server of an online game to check the weather outside and send that as the weather for all of the clients to set?

I am thinking of implementing this into my own MMORPG, instead of randomizing the weather with the server.

I would go through the server. But if the server is low-bandwidth and can't handle weather, then you can also request from each client. In fact, you can request every 2 seconds. The true WeatherBug client updates secondly.

And, if you want stuff like "Sunny" or "Rain", then I am looking for how to get that.

[NEED HELP sorta]

Yes, I simply want a few pieces of information about current wheather.
And I can use my server to find the current wheather ever 30 seconds or so and then transfer that to my clients in a string thats more easily readable to them.
Each client will have the same wheather at the same time this way and I won't have to come up with a less-realistic wheather randomizing script.

This post has been edited by NEED HELP sorta: May 11 2007, 06:43 PM

[The_Cookie_Monst...]

America only? How selfish...

[Danopia]

America only? How selfish...

There are two ways to get to the WeatherBug API.
1) XML format (US & Intl)
2) Pipe delimited format (US only)
This DLL uses the pipe-delimited. I can do the RSS/XML but it would be much harder.

Here is an example of XML for international current conditions: http://a6546869447.api.wxbug.net/getLiveWe...7&zipCode=08341
Now check out what the US-only feed gets: http://www.danopia.net/projects/aws/help/i...nt_getvalue.htm

The only advantage of the international system is that you get the current condition icon! (and that it is international). Chris added the icon to the to-do list on the US-only system though:

Chris,
...
Is there any way to get current condition, i.e. "Sunny" or "Cloudy" or "Rain", without parsing the RSS of the international system? Pipe-separated is much easier on me.
...
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Danopia

Dan,

I will add the current condition idea to the "TODO" list for future version of the pipe delimited feed.
...
Chris

I conclude that he lives in Rockville, MD.

And, if anyone wants it, Chris revealed how to get decimal temperatures like the real client.

[Speewave123]

This is a good Idea.. This could be good for a little knowitall app or something like a Wii FrontEnd that are manly on the Wii Download site on dl.qj.net with a Weather Channel

I Do think America Only is selfish but no problems here i mean the dude freakin mentioned another DLL for intl weather

-BTW: NEVER CRITIZIZE UNLESS U CAN DO BETTER!


hey but keep up the good work...

This is like one of the coolest DLLs iv seen!

next to the Force FeedBack DLL and SXMS

[darksoft.co.uk]

This is a great idea! I won't use it until its Worldwide though, A lot of my users would be in the UK.

[ardnat]

this is great because downloading weather bug puts spy ware and adware on your coputer
http://www.antivirusprogram.se/virusinfo/W...erBug_6775.html
http://www.pchell.com/support/weatherbug.shtml
http://www.frsirt.com/english/virus/2006/05580

[Danopia]

This is a great idea! I won't use it until its Worldwide though, A lot of my users would be in the UK.

I am adding international to the list. In order to do international, you must have a City Code - which means that I also need to add a city code finder.

this is great because downloading weather bug puts spy ware and adware on your coputer
http://www.antivirusprogram.se/virusinfo/W...erBug_6775.html
http://www.pchell.com/support/weatherbug.shtml
http://www.frsirt.com/english/virus/2006/05580

Correction: only adware. And it is adware - uninstall and all gone.

Adware has ads, right? So then you are saying that Windows Live Messenger is adware - there are ads below the contacts list. AIM has them above. And Google also, and just about any site that doesn't have much of an income unless they have ads on their site.

But, yea, this is great.

[CHFD_113]

Hey, how do we access these 'weather alerts' for NOAA advisories and warnings / watches etc...?

Btw...
Adware is usualyl classified by the way it behaves.
- Does it connect to dangerous adservers
- Does it display adult content?
- Does it show ads but doesnt mention ads in a license agreement?
- Do the ads come as popups?
- Are the ads displayed by Browser Hijacking?
- Or are the ads just plain annoying?

That's usually how adware becomes what it is.
And no Windows Live Messenger is not adware.

Adware.WeatherBug is adware.

[Danopia]

Hey, how do we access these 'weather alerts' for NOAA advisories and warnings / watches etc...?

Future feature. This will be used differently, probably with next_alert(), returning 1 if there is one and 0 if not, then read alert-by-alert like current conditions. This will be done later on; international support is higher on the list.

Btw...
Adware is usualyl classified by the way it behaves.
- Does it connect to dangerous adservers
- Does it display adult content?
- Does it show ads but doesnt mention ads in a license agreement?
- Do the ads come as popups?
- Are the ads displayed by Browser Hijacking?
- Or are the ads just plain annoying?

That's usually how adware becomes what it is.
And no Windows Live Messenger is not adware.

Adware.WeatherBug is adware.

1. Not if you are good with HOSTS files.
2. No.
3. I'm not sure, but it does mention ads when installing.
4. I've never had a WeatherBug popup.
5. No.
6. No!!! I don't even notice them.

[darksoft.co.uk]

This is a great idea! I won't use it until its Worldwide though, A lot of my users would be in the UK.

I am adding international to the list. In order to do international, you must have a City Code - which means that I also need to add a city code finder.

this is great because downloading weather bug puts spy ware and adware on your coputer
http://www.antivirusprogram.se/virusinfo/W...erBug_6775.html
http://www.pchell.com/support/weatherbug.shtml
http://www.frsirt.com/english/virus/2006/05580

Correction: only adware. And it is adware - uninstall and all gone.

Adware has ads, right? So then you are saying that Windows Live Messenger is adware - there are ads below the contacts list. AIM has them above. And Google also, and just about any site that doesn't have much of an income unless they have ads on their site.

But, yea, this is great.

Good! I'd like you to contact me when its gone international

[mememe]

You should make it for US, Canada and UK.

And Australia...

[coolsmile]

This dll rocks. Very nice job. I'm not going to complain because I'm from the US
Again, nice job. This dll rocks

[Danopia]

I'm working on international now. I just made a BIG discovery...

You know how I said that international has very little information? Well, it has much more info! Open this link: http://api.wxbug.net/getLiveWeatherRSS.asp...0874&unittype=0

Have it? Good. now pull up the source. Look for the line that begins with:
<aws:weather xmlns:aws="http://www.aws.com/aws"><aws:api version="2.0" />

See that line? If has more info than the other methods. In fact, I need to modify how it is returned to GM to make room! I'll probably format the date and stuff into a single string.

I'll probably post the international DLL later tonight or tomorrow.

[darksoft.co.uk]

I'm working on international now. I just made a BIG discovery...

You know how I said that international has very little information? Well, it has much more info! Open this link: http://api.wxbug.net/getLiveWeatherRSS.asp...0874&unittype=0

Have it? Good. now pull up the source. Look for the line that begins with:
<aws:weather xmlns:aws="http://www.aws.com/aws"><aws:api version="2.0" />

See that line? If has more info than the other methods. In fact, I need to modify how it is returned to GM to make room! I'll probably format the date and stuff into a single string.

I'll probably post the international DLL later tonight or tomorrow.

Thats awesome!

Is it done?