LDN - Luminis Developer Network

Since Unisys took their weather XML feed down I had to find an alternative. So, I finally relented and started using the xml feed from weather.com. Again I didn't want to link directly to the feed at weather.com (since I'm not comfortable with how luminis caches anything), so I made a cronjob to go fetch the XML. The format of the XML file url is...

http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/30117?cc=*&prod=xoap&par=1234567890&key=abcdefghijk123&unit=s&dayf=5

Supposedly you have to sign up to get a key and a partner ID (the key and par parameters), but it doesn't look like they test these parameters (the ones in the link above are junk). If you do sign up they give you a link to the weather SDK document that explains the URL parameters. The important ones are the zip, dayf (multi-day forecast) and the unit (change to m if you want metric).

Files:

• Script that goes and gets the XML
• SSL, Stylesheet and weather images (in gzipped tar)

Setup:

1. Download the tar file and uncompress them somewhere in $CP_ROOT/webapps/luminis/
2. Modify the SSL file to point to the Stylesheet
3. Download and modify the getWeather
   script
   1. Change zip code
   2. Change where the xml file is saved
   3. Change the par and key parameters (if you decided to sign up)
4. Create a cron job to run getWeather hourly (01 * * * * /home/cpadmin/util/getWeather)
5. Login as an admin user and add the xml transform channel using the channel admin tool (remember to use local URL for XML file).
6. Add the channel to your layout
7. Enjoy the weather