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Looks like this is what they did with DarkSky after they acquired it. It looks awesome. It's a shame it's only available to Apple developers and users Edit: my

Looks like this is what they did with DarkSky after they acquired it. It looks awesome. It's a shame it's only available to Apple developers and users Edit: my bad for skimming too fast, I'm glad there's a REST API, that's unexpected and cool!

junofan 4y ago
Says there’s a REST API?
- twicetwice 4y ago
  Oops, that's what I get for not reading closely enough! In my defense, my eyes glazed over after the fourth Apple-product-OS version number ;) but yes, my bad on that Looks like it's 500k calls per month per Apple Developer Program account, so essentially $99/yr. Not totally unreasonable pricing, although I wish I could buy it a la carte. It's a bit out of my price range for hobby projects. If I ever start developing apps for my family members (who mostly have iPhones at this point) though this will be a nice freebie to come with that. Ah well.
  - Thaxll 4y ago
    OpenWeather is better and has 1M calls per month for free. https://openweathermap.org/price https://openweathermap.org/price
    - spullara 4y ago
      Why is it better? I thought everyone agreed Dark Sky was the best one?
    - threeseed 4y ago
      Those 1M calls per month do come with a pretty onerous 1 call/second limit. That limits the number of use cases quite dramatically.
  - lelandfe 4y ago
    https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/ https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/ Here's the pricing for those that might need >500k/mo. It looks like it won't be available until after this hits beta, but it looks to be $50/mo extra for each 1m calls (plus the price of a membership).
leohonexus 4y ago
Seems like a REST API is available, but you’ll have to be in the Apple developer program to access it. I think this might be to allow previous Dark Sky API users to continue using it.
dodgerdan 4y ago
And idea why the Apple Weather app still has the “The Weather Channel” logo on it? I hope they continue to support Darksky, at least until the Apple Weather app is on par with it.
- kmlx 4y ago
  from my understanding Dark Sky never had a network of weather stations. they collected data from multiple sources: https://darksky.net/attribution https://darksky.net/attribution
- lelandfe 4y ago
  > I hope they continue to support Darksky Some bad news: iOS app support ends at the end of this year, and the API/website gets yanked next March. https://blog.darksky.net/ https://blog.darksky.net/
- ezfe 4y ago
  Because iOS 15 doesn't have WeatherKit in it yet. iOS 16 removes the Weather Channel logo.

junofan 4y ago

Says there’s a REST API?

twicetwice 4y ago
Oops, that's what I get for not reading closely enough! In my defense, my eyes glazed over after the fourth Apple-product-OS version number ;) but yes, my bad on that Looks like it's 500k calls per month per Apple Developer Program account, so essentially $99/yr. Not totally unreasonable pricing, although I wish I could buy it a la carte. It's a bit out of my price range for hobby projects. If I ever start developing apps for my family members (who mostly have iPhones at this point) though this will be a nice freebie to come with that. Ah well.
- Thaxll 4y ago
  OpenWeather is better and has 1M calls per month for free. https://openweathermap.org/price https://openweathermap.org/price
  - spullara 4y ago
    Why is it better? I thought everyone agreed Dark Sky was the best one?
  - threeseed 4y ago
    Those 1M calls per month do come with a pretty onerous 1 call/second limit. That limits the number of use cases quite dramatically.
- lelandfe 4y ago
  https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/ https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/ Here's the pricing for those that might need >500k/mo. It looks like it won't be available until after this hits beta, but it looks to be $50/mo extra for each 1m calls (plus the price of a membership).

leohonexus 4y ago

Seems like a REST API is available, but you’ll have to be in the Apple developer program to access it. I think this might be to allow previous Dark Sky API users to continue using it.

dodgerdan 4y ago

And idea why the Apple Weather app still has the “The Weather Channel” logo on it? I hope they continue to support Darksky, at least until the Apple Weather app is on par with it.

kmlx 4y ago
from my understanding Dark Sky never had a network of weather stations. they collected data from multiple sources: https://darksky.net/attribution https://darksky.net/attribution
lelandfe 4y ago
> I hope they continue to support Darksky Some bad news: iOS app support ends at the end of this year, and the API/website gets yanked next March. https://blog.darksky.net/ https://blog.darksky.net/
ezfe 4y ago
Because iOS 15 doesn't have WeatherKit in it yet. iOS 16 removes the Weather Channel logo.