OWM now requires an API key
Bug #1505848 reported by
Victor Thompson
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canonical System Image |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 | ||
Ubuntu Weather App |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 |
Bug Description
It has been brought to our attention that the OWM service now requires an API key[1]. This was noticed because the API has been down for sometime now and the response to API requests [2] now return an error:
Invalid API key. Please see http://
The page the user is referred to says this policy started October 9th, 2015.
1 - http://
2 - http://
Related branches
lp:~ahayzen/ubuntu-weather-app/fix-1505848-add-owm-key
- Victor Thompson: Approve
- Ubuntu Phone Apps Jenkins Bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
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Diff: 159 lines (+33/-10)6 files modifiedapp/data/WeatherApi.js (+24/-4)
app/data/keys.js (+1/-0)
app/ubuntu-weather-app.qml (+4/-3)
app/ui/settings/DataProviderPage.qml (+2/-2)
debian/changelog (+1/-0)
po/com.ubuntu.weather.pot (+1/-1)
Changed in ubuntu-weather-app: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Alan Pope (popey) |
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- OWM now requires a API key + OWM now requires an API key |
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
assignee: | nobody → Alan Pope (popey) |
milestone: | none → ww46-2015 |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-weather-app: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This affects both the existing weather app shipping on devices, and the new reboot which will replace it shortly. I'd recommend we have two keys if possible, one per app, and have Canonical IS manage those keys.