Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
by ShakataGaNai on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:25PM
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I stand corrected on WeatherKit API.
My "internal perceptions", as you called them, was based on Apple's history. Not any Apple hate. The fact that they are opening something up is very cool, I'm glad to hear it. But a single open API does not address an overall very closed ecosystem.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
by neurostimulant on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:33AM
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The API is only for apple devices, right? Web apps that uses Dark Sky's API (like the gp's webapp) will absolutely get killed.
Edit: I was wrong. It has REST API and access from other platforms are allowed.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
by no-reply on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:43AM
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Nope. Should be able to use it as a REST API on other platforms too.
> It’s easy to use WeatherKit in your apps for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9 with a platform-specific Swift API, and on any other platform with a REST API. [0]
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
by brianpan on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:42AM
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REST API is available. Up to 500,000 API calls a month.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
by robotmlg on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:42AM
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nope, it has a REST API. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi
I know people who are already using it in random python scripts and whatnot, e.g. https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/06/adding-apple-weatherkit-d...
Funny how people will state ‘facts’ that match their internal perceptions, regardless of what’s been publicly stated over and over again.
Apple has released the WeatherKit API, which is privacy-first, and pretty much provides what Dark Sky did.