Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine

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> It's kinda funny you ask about this as I've actually been working on an
> NDA for the IIgs that does what you want on and off for years (I started
> in 2015!). I've been working on it again in recent times and have it
> calling a weather API, parsing the JSON response, and displaying the
> results in an NDA window. There are a number of features that I do not
> have working yet, but watch this space. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike

I also thought about it for years off and on. I figured a JSON parser on a server was the way to go. I'm not a great coder, but I can get by if I really plug-in. I just didn't have the time (nor the immediate knowledge) to do such a thing. I thrashed about with a ton of different ideas, but the one that worked immediately was simply feeding a URL with airport codes into FrogFind. ActionRetro is the real weather provider! Where I got stuck was inputing zip codes. The API just didn't seem to take it until I tried airport codes. Maybe there's a parameter I missed, but zip codes just wouldn't work. Took a while, but I finally found an easy solution (for me). Thanks for reading, and I will certainly watch here for your NDA! Peace...

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Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 03:21 +0000
  Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com> - 2022-09-17 17:45 -0700
    Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-19 00:49 +0000
  Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine Speccie <someone@somewhere.com> - 2022-09-18 07:45 +0100
    Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-19 01:11 +0000
      Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine Speccie <someone@somewhere.com> - 2022-09-19 07:48 +0100
        Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-20 01:19 +0000
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          Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-22 00:07 +0000
            Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine Speccie <someone@somewhere.com> - 2022-09-22 07:26 +0100
              Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> - 2022-09-24 05:31 +0000
                Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Forecast on a Vintage Machine Speccie <someone@somewhere.com> - 2022-09-24 09:15 +0100

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