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Google Weather API returning strange new error [closed]

I'm using the Google Weather API in an iPhone app, and lately sometimes it has been returning a 403 error, but now it's returning a really funky error saying "Unknown API" no matter what location I enter into it.Example here.

Does anybody know what's going on? I checked the Google Weather Monitoring link and it says everything is okay. What the heck is going on? O.o

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Roger O'Brien Avatar asked Aug 27 '12 09:08

Roger O'Brien


1 Answers

I have had the same problem over the past few weeks (random 403 errors) with the Unsupported API message appearing last week.

If you ask me, I think Google has shut the unsuported weather api down for good! Since Google has announced it will shut down iGoogle - for which the api was used for.

I think you need to start looking for a different free weather api (same as me =( ).

If you analyse the iGoogle page with a weather widget you will notice that the call now uses wunderground.com and no more google weather api

eg: http://igoogle.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=47.644199,9.180259&unit=SI&hl=de

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tecjam Avatar answered Oct 11 '22 08:10

tecjam