aprs.fi API URL update 2026-03-01

[Heikki Hannikainen]

Hi,

If you're using the aprs.fi API, please note the following:

https://aprs.fi/page/api

The plain HTTP API URLs will stop working on 2026-05-01, and all calls
need to be done using https:// URLs. The new HTTPS URLs were already
introduced back in 2017-03-09. Using https will keep your API keys safe.

Please upgrade your clients accordingly. Thanks!

The very old URLs without the "api." prefix, which were supposed to stop
working in 2010, are stopping to work about now, as I'm replacing the API
backend with some shiny new code. Reply here if something is not working
right.

- Hessu

[Michael Bohrmann]

Hi,

are there any further changes in the API regarding WX stations ?

I'm missing the rain data.

<xml>

<command>get</command>

<result>ok</result>

<what>wx</what>

<found>1</found>

<entries>

<entry>

<name>DC9VQ-13</name>

<time>1772779488</time>

<temp>2.8</temp>

<pressure>1022</pressure>

<humidity>90</humidity>

</entry>

</entries>

</xml>

Michael

[Heikki Hannikainen]

On Thu, 5 Mar 2026, 'Michael Bohrmann' via aprs.fi wrote:

> are there any further changes in the API regarding WX stations ?
>
> I'm missing the rain data.
>

> <what>wx</what>
> <name>DC9VQ-13</name>

Ah, that was a bug. The XML response was omitting fields which were zero,
while it should only omit fields which are truely missing. A zero is a
valid value.

Fixed, thanks for the report!

- Hessu