Accessing weather data in my app

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Created Sep ’15

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Hey guys!

I am currently creating an app and in one of the vistas I need to show the current weather data but from what I can see there is no native Apple Weather API out there that allows me to obtain the current weather data. I just wanted to verify this and to see if there is any possible was to obtain the data from the Apple Weather App.

I have thoroughly searched the forums and stackoverflow, etc., but would like an,up-to-date answer to this question. I would normally have used the Yahoo Weather API but need to use it for commercial use. In the case that there is no way to obtain the data through an Apple based app or API I could always send a request to yahoo for commercial use or use the OpenWeatherMap API I guess.

Thanks for your time and have a great day!

Rob

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’15

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… from what I can see there is no native Apple Weather API out there that allows me to obtain the current weather data.

Correct. You will need to find a third-party source for your weather data.

If you’d like there to be an API for weather data, please file an enhancement request for that. This may not be possible, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.

If you do file a bug, please post the number here, just for the record

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Rob B OP

Sep ’15

Thanks for the help Eskimo!

To verify, sending an enhancement request is just sending a bug report correct? I can't seem to see any separate option for an enhancement request.

Thanks.

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’15

To verify, sending an enhancement request is just sending a bug report correct?

Right. Set the “Classification” field to “Enhancement”.

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Quinn "The Eskimo!"
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

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