AccuWeather Arthritis Index

⚙️ Custom Apps and Drivers
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Hi I'm not sure whether this already exists or how to request it, but AccuWeather has an arthritis forecast feature which I find extremely useful in planning. I'd like to set up a feature that will alert me if I'm in for a bad day tomorrow.

The AccuWeather API is here and has a free tier, but I know very little about programming. S lot of people use smart homes as a work around for arthritis, so I think this would be very helpful to a lot of people in the community, if it doesn't already exist

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I looked but couldn't find any Forecast API which included an arthritis forecast feature. Did you mean something else like allergies?

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No. Arthritis. Maybe it's not included in the API? There are a couple of phone apps that use it, which is why I thought it was included

The web version looks like this
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york/10021/arthritis-weather/349727

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You could do it as an iframe on a dashboard. At least temporarily

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I looked over all the API documentation and did not spot it or any of the similar things like allergens or pests. So I reached out to AccuWeather and asked if I just missed it, if there is another API for it, or how we could get the data anyways.

If I hear back I will post about it.

My arthritis thanks you for finding something that might help warn me if bad days... Now I just need to see if it matches up for my experience.

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Thank you!

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There is an air quality and pollen index, which I associate with allergies/asthma.

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@user1510 Up until you brought it up I never knew an index existed. Like I said though, at least in the short term maybe doing an iframe on a dashboard could be useful

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Thank you for the suggestion! It just shows the ad at the top of the page until you click on it, but it's still a convenient bookmark, I guess

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It's in a separate API (Indices) as Index 21.

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I heard back from AccuWeather. That type of information is in their Enterprise level APIs. They were a bit less clear about pricing if those but did mention that the lowest package of options for that would be over $2000.

So... Sorry. That is not something I would expand my WSM driver for (as an example). Even developing for their normal API is $25 a month (at the lowest), which is why I have not added it to WSM.

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Totally understandable! The website didn't mention it as a perk of the paid tiers, so I thought it was at the free level. I might be able to rig up something with one of the phone apps + IFTTT

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I was debating about if it would be possible to scrape it from their website data... but I was not at a computer that could check that in detail (tough to do via phone). But that is always a questionable thing also.

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You can get it using the free tier (I seem to have an old API key from some code I wrote for another platform a long time ago…)

http://dataservice.accuweather.com/indices/v1/daily/1day/{locationCode}?apikey={xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}

Query Parameters

Name Values Description
apikey
(required) Provided API Key
language String indicating the language in which to return the resource
details Boolean value (true or false) that specifies whether or not to include a truncated version of the indices object, or the full object (details=true).
JSON Returned 
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 10,
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    "CategoryValue": 5,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/air-travel-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
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  {
    "Name": "Indoor Activity Forecast",
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 2.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 1,
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    "Link": null
  },
  {
    "Name": "Running Forecast",
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    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.2,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/running-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/running-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
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    "Name": "Jogging Forecast",
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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  {
    "Name": "Hiking Forecast",
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "ID": 4,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/biking-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/biking-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
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  {
    "Name": "Golf Weather Forecast",
    "ID": 5,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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  {
    "Name": "Tennis Forecast",
    "ID": 6,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.2,
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    "Link": null
  },
  {
    "Name": "Skateboarding Forecast",
    "ID": 7,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
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    "Link": null
  },
  {
    "Name": "Outdoor Concert Forecast",
    "ID": 8,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/events-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/events-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
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  {
    "Name": "Kite Flying Forecast",
    "ID": 9,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
    "Category": "Very Good",
    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": null,
    "Link": null
  },
  {
    "Name": "Beach & Pool Forecast",
    "ID": 10,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 0,
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    "CategoryValue": 1,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/sun-sand-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/sun-sand-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Sailing Forecast",
    "ID": 11,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/sailing-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/sailing-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Stargazing Forecast",
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "CategoryValue": 2,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/astronomy-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/fishing-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/fishing-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Construction Forecast",
    "ID": 14,
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7.8,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
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    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/diy-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Ski Weather Forecast",
    "ID": 15,
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 0,
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    "CategoryValue": 1,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/ski-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/ski-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Healthy Heart Fitness Forecast",
    "ID": 16,
    "Ascending": true,
    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "CategoryValue": 2,
    "MobileLink": null,
    "Link": null
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    "Name": "Mosquito Activity Forecast",
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 7,
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    "CategoryValue": 4,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/mosquito-activity-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/mosquito-activity-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Dust & Dander Forecast",
    "ID": 18,
    "Ascending": false,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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  },
  {
    "Name": "Snow Days Forecast",
    "ID": 19,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
    "Value": 0,
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    "CategoryValue": 1,
    "MobileLink": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/snow-day-weather/350126?lang=en-us",
    "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cincinnati-oh/45202/snow-day-weather/350126?lang=en-us"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Hunting Forecast",
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    "LocalDateTime": "2022-07-11T07:00:00-04:00",
    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "CategoryValue": 2,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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  },
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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  },
  {
    "Name": "Lawn Mowing Forecast",
    "ID": 28,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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  {
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    "ID": 36,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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    "EpochDateTime": 1657537200,
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That is good news. Then at least it should be able to be included in an existing driver. I think the main one for this is the Hubitat one itself, right?

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