Double migration: Darksky on OH2 to OpenWeather on OH3

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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  • openHABian 3.3.0 on rPi4 with 4GB

I managed (with help fomr the forum; thank you all) to migrate my OH2 set-up to OH3.

It ran in parallel for a couple fo weeks, and is now, since yesterday evening in production. :slight_smile:

So far so good…

I used to have DarkSky weather on OH2, and have ow subscribed to the free 5 day forecase. The ting and relevant items are working.

However, since I used this weather stuff only one, I am a bit puzzled (if not lost) on how to get a similar webview I had in OH2.

Firstly, what I had in OH2:

Webview url="/weather?locationId=argyle&layout=ds_argyle&iconset=colorful"	height=13

… in this physical location:

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Looking like this in the sitemap

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What is not clear:
a) why or how did this work? How does the webview link identify the physical location.
b) trying to replicate this OH leads to failure.

I copied the weather directory to the OH3 machine, and created a owm.html; at least expecting a html file to show.

I have in the sitemap:

Webview url="/weather?layout=owm&iconset=colorful"	height=13

which results in:
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chaging the sitemap entry to:

Webview url="/weather/layouts/owm.html" height=13

results in:
Webview url=“/weather/layouts/owm.html” height=13

Any hints appreciated.

OK, should get the link right…

Webview url="/static/weather/layouts/owm.html" height=13

This is more like it:
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Now, what do I need to replace the placeholders with to make OpenWeather data show?

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The OH 1.x weather binding implemented this and it’s what made the html page able to access Item states.

The mechanism that building used is not allowed in OH 2+ bindings.

You’ll want to use a native OH 3 MainUI widget, or if sticking to sitemaps you might be out of luck.

Here’s one such widget, there might be more. UI Widget: Weather

Often the weather providers have a widget you could embed using a webview.

Edit: don’t reply when you’ve forgotten your glasses.

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Ouch… yes, the providers have widgets, but either I am not happy with the colours size, or format. :frowning:

Thank for the widget link… I have seen a few for HABpanel, and as cards, but none for the webview. It is now clear as to why :slight_smile:

E.g., the OWM single day widget fits, but does not look as nice as my 5 day f/c shown in the O.P.

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… and it well exceeds the frame with the 7-day f/c.