Severe Weather Alerts on Echo

[Jwwhite (JIm)]

There’s another thread on here that talks about the change in the weather api. It was there.

Here’s the link.

Weather API Changes

The WeatherUnderground (WU) APIs SmartThings has been using to access local weather data are being shut down at the end of this year. This means any Automations or Devices that use the getWeatherFeature() method will stop running or begin returning errors on January 1, 2019. We are taking steps to ensure that the SmartThings SmartApps and the SmartWeather Station Tile device handler will continue to work by porting them to new APIs from The Weather Company (TWC). These will be released into Production this week and there will be no gap in performance. To maintain your SmartApps and device handlers, we have exposed the following methods for SmartApps and Device Handlers to replace getWeatherFeature(). def getTwcConditions(String locationString=null) Current weather conditions The optio…