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   Re: Getting the (US only) Weather Foreca   
   19 Sep 22 00:49:05   
   
   From: matthewmpower@gmail.com   
      
   > 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...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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