Hubitat equivalent to getTwcForecast()?

mhutchy · April 30, 2019, 2:45pm

Hi,

I am in the process of moving over from smartthings to Hubitat, I have ported most of my drivers and apps accross but I can't find a solution for apps which rely on weather data.

My watering system app uses the getTwcForecast(), getTwcLocation() and getTwcConditions () functions in smartthings and I would like to know what is the equivilant on the hubitat platform.

This is the smartthings app that I am trying to port over:

github.com

mhutchy/Smartthings-Apps/blob/master/Watering system

/**
 *  Water the garden
 *
 *  Copyright 2019 Mark Hutchings
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */
definition(
    name: "Water the garden",
    namespace: "mhutchy",
    author: "Mark Hutchings",
    description: "Switch a device on and notify with various triggers / sensors (timed)",

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My watering system is the only thing left on smartthings so I would like to port it over and switch off my smartthings hub for good.

Regards,

Mark

corerootedxb · April 30, 2019, 2:53pm

There's a couple of routes you could use here. There is a built-in Weather Underground driver available (create a virtual device of the type WeatherUnderground. You'll need an API key for it though.).

You could also use the APIXU driver for weather: Apixu.com worldwide weather data with outside lux. No PWS or server setup

However, you'll also need WATO ([RELEASE] WATO - When any Attribute Then this cmd Otherwise that cmd) for the trigger from Rule Machine (if you want to go that route). From code, I believe you could just query the attributes directly.