Yahoo Weather Widget no longer works

[NoWorries]

For a couple of days now, the Yahoo weather widget gives nothing other than a circle with an oblique line in it. Left mouse click on the widget shows the message "Error 1. Please check your network."

My network is fine, and I have all the packages such as qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel and qtdeclarative5-xmllistmodel-plugin installed. I originally thought that the Yahoo site was down, but as it is still not working, I am wondering if the problem is elsewhere.

Are others experienced this problem and has anyone found a solution?

[vinnywright]

yes and no ,,,,,,,,,yes I am having the same issue.

no ,,,,,I haven't looked for or found a solution myself .

VINNY

[kubicle]

I think yahoo changed their weather API recently, which broke all 3rd party apps/widgets using that.

I don't use Yahoo for anything. so I can't be 100% sure.

EDIT: https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

[Cecil]

I think yahoo changed their weather API recently, which broke all 3rd party apps/widgets using that.

I don't use Yahoo for anything. so I can't be 100% sure.

EDIT: https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

Yeah, I just checked the github page for the widget. The author's already been informed about it, but his hands are currently tied. He'll implement the fix when he finds the time to.

[vinnywright]

For now we'll have to look out of the window for the weather.

what a novel idea .

VINNY

[NoWorries]

what a novel idea .

VINNY

Looking out the window gives current conditions together with a weather station - if installed. The other option is to do what I do and use the local weather forecaster on the internet. Before I go for a run in the early hours of the morning, I also use the local weather radar as I do not like to get wet while running.

[LinkBot]

The one using the Norwegian server worked for me but I noticed that in absence of a network it ties up CPU cycles.

The most excellent CWP and almost as nice yaWP have never been ported to QT5.

For now we'll have to look out of the window for the weather.

With the plasma 5.6 the weather widget has made a comeback - https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.6.0.php

...North is same as south ?

[Snowhog]

North Pole, Alaska is an actual town just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.

[NoWorries]

I have been wondering how to get Plasma 5.6. I saw an announcement a couple of weeks ago and added the ppa for the backports

[B]ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports[/B]

and I keep getting the good old 404 error message. I then tried the staging release ppa

[B]ppa:kubuntu-ppa/staging-plasma[/B]

and this gave me Plasma 5.5.5.

So, is there a ppa for Plasma 5.6 or does one have to download the source code and compile it?

[vinnywright]

seams to be fixed ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, what I did to get the fix (their was prob an easier way , but this worked )

first remove the old package

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ plasmapkg2 -r com.librehat.yahooweather
Calling KPluginInfo::property("X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name") is deprecated, use KPluginInfo::pluginName() in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/packagestructure/plasma_packagestructure_share.so" instead.
Calling KPluginInfo::property("X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name") is deprecated, use KPluginInfo::pluginName() in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/plasma/packagestructure/plasma_packagestructure_share.so" instead.
Successfully uninstalled

git clone the repo

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git$ git clone https://github.com/librehat/com.librehat.yahooweather.git
Cloning into 'com.librehat.yahooweather'...
remote: Counting objects: 437, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 437 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 431
Receiving objects: 100% (437/437), 245.92 KiB | 64.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (204/204), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

change to the new directory

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git$  cd /home/vinny/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather

make the plasmoid

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather$ ./mkplasmoid.sh 
  adding: contents/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/config/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/config/config.qml (deflated 44%)
  adding: contents/config/main.xml (deflated 67%)
  adding: contents/locale/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/Messages.sh (deflated 59%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 53%)
  adding: contents/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/com.librehat.yahooweather.pot (deflated 74%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/extractrc (deflated 65%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 50%)
  adding: contents/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 50%)
  adding: contents/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 49%)
  adding: contents/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 69%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 70%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 48%)
  adding: contents/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 52%)
  adding: contents/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.mo (deflated 47%)
  adding: contents/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.librehat.yahooweather.po (deflated 68%)
  adding: contents/ui/ (stored 0%)
  adding: contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml (deflated 55%)
  adding: contents/ui/ConfigUnit.qml (deflated 70%)
  adding: contents/ui/Yahoo.qml (deflated 79%)
  adding: contents/ui/main.qml (deflated 80%)
  adding: metadata.desktop (deflated 41%)
  adding: LICENSE (deflated 66%)
  adding: README.md (deflated 39%)

install and enjoy

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~/Documents/build/yahoo-git/com.librehat.yahooweather$ plasmapkg2 -i ~/com.librehat.yahooweather-5.0.0.plasmoid
pluginname:  "com.librehat.yahooweather"                                                                                                       
Successfully installed /home/vinny/com.librehat.yahooweather-5.0.0.plasmoid

VINNY

[vinnywright]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY

[NoWorries]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY

Well - nice try, sorry you could not get it to work.

I have decided to remove the Yahoo Weather Widget and I have installed a new one by clearmartin. I chose to Download New Plasma Widgets and in the search window I entered "weather" and selected the one by clearmartin.

I installed two copies on my default panel and after selecting my location and that of my Son's location in the UK, I get the following widgets



When I put the cursor on the widget, I get the following:



When I click on the widget I then get the forecast and the 48 hour temperature profile, like this:



You can have multiple sites on the one widget, but you have to select the Weather Widget Settings to change the preferred site. Sites are chosen from the Weather Widget Settings and clicking on the + yr.no. You need to use your browser and enter the site http://yr.no/place. This allows the entry of your location and the web site is then copied into the URL.

You can also make the widget much smaller so that it does not take up so much space. I am very happy with this and find it better than the Yahoo Weather Widget.

[LinkBot]

Weather Widget

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=169572

HOW TO INSTALL
- EDIT: Preferred way: your distribution's package manager or build it yourself (https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-a...t#requirements)

ANOTHER WAY TO INSTALL
- Add Widgets... -> Get new widgets -> Download new plasma widgets
- find this applet and install through the first item with .plasmoid extension
- NOTE: this version does not support offline data cache
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1.6.1
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- Open Weather Map support
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About Open Weather Map: http://openweathermap.org/about

[Cecil]

strange ,,,it quit once again .....

VINNY

I had that problem last night, but it was fixed simply by right-clicking the widget and clicking Refresh. No problems this morning, it connected right away when I logged in. Maybe Yahoo had a server hiccup?

[NoWorries]

This is the one I've previously referred to as the 'Norwegian' because of the weather service used.

I noticed it tied up 100% of a CPU thread in attempts to update when off-line.

I have checked my system and it doesn't use 100% CPU. I put my system off-line and it still did not use anywhere near 100% CPU. It had a similar CPU blip to what I get when connected.

I have now realized that multiple weather regions can be added by selecting "Next Location" on the detailed weather information. I did this a couple of times and the CPU load is shown below.



I find that the update of the weather details can be made as low as 20min but I think that the source data is updated at a slower rate as I have noticed on some occasions a discrepancy in the temperatures, like 6C, with local temperatures.