Unable to Connect to WU

[Nigel Bowen]

Installed Weewx a couple of years ago and everything was working until about 4 weeks ago when WU stopped.

I didn't realise that the API had expired until yesterday. 

So I copied the SD card and used the copied SD and updated WEEWX 

The update was all good, but still won't connect to WU

Now I have updated the API and changed my password.  WU Still fails but PWS upload works.

Debug 1 shows this:

Dec  1 15:28:03 raspberrypi weewx[12082] DEBUG weewx.restx: Wunderground-RF: Failed upload attempt 1: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
Dec  1 15:28:03 raspberrypi weewx[12082] ERROR weewx.restx: Wunderground-RF: Failed to publish record 2023-12-01 15:28:02 AEDT (1701404882): Failed upload after 1 tries

This tells me that WU isn't accepting the call.  Station ID is correct  Password is correct  (in "xxxxx") API is correct  Yes I am sure.  Typed it Copied and pasted it  all several times.

I have also created a new WU station with different ID  same API  still fails.

My only concern is that with the expiry of the API there is a period of time until the new one becomes active.

I don't seem to feel that this is an install issue as the API expiry seems to have been the trigger.

Thats it I am out of ideas and I cannot see any other posts that cover this issue.

Cheers.

[Nate Bargmann]

I don't have any solution except to say the WU has a lot of issues and
trying to get help from them almost seems futile.

When they changed their systems last summer and required a change of
password, I dutifully followed the instructions only to be met with an
error message that my request could not be processed due some
"temporary" problem on their end. I tried on and off over the next
couple of weeks and then forgot about it. I was reminded of that a
couple of weeks ago and tried again only to receive the same error
message. I sent a support message through their Web site and received a
boilerplate email that they'll do this, that, or the other, and since
then, nothing.

Oddly, my rapid fire uploads have continued to work all along. Even
more interesting is that my account apparently never required an API
key, just the PWS ID and my password, the same one I cannot change!

Sadly, I'm not sure what the purpose of WU is these days. It seems no
one is minding the store and as long as things work, it's fine, but when
they don't, well, getting help seems to be too high an expectation.

- Nate

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[Jimi Lawson]

I don't use tha API, I just use my WU station ID and key in weewx.conf. Note the password isn't your WU account password its the key next to your station ID on the My Devices page.

Jimi

[Nigel Bowen]

Thanks Jimi,  That is the solution.  No API and the password is the station ID  Who would have thought....

Thanks