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> And no, Apple is not interested in sharing its API's with anyone. Funny how people will state ‘facts’ that match their internal perceptions, regardless of wh
by happyopossum 4y ago
> And no, Apple is not interested in sharing its API's with anyone.
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.
- neurostimulant 4y agoThe 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.
- brianpan 4y agoREST API is available. Up to 500,000 API calls a month. https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/ https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/get-started/
- robotmlg 4y agonope, it has a REST API. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi 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-data-to-my-own-weather-widgets/ https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/06/adding-apple-weatherkit-d...
- no-reply 4y agoNope. 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] 0: https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/ https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/
- ShakataGaNai 4y agoI 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.