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title = 'Update weewx-netatmo extension'
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aliases = '/posts/2023-07-15-update-weewx-netatmo-extension'
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summary = 'Upgrade the authentication method from *password* to *preauthenticated refresh_token*'
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date = '2023-07-15T17:02:10+02:00'
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lastmod = '2023-12-10T16:34:13+0000'
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categories = [ 'amateur-radio' ]
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tags = [ 'wx', 'weewx', 'netatmo', 'server', 'selfhost' ]
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I got an email from another weewx-netatmo user Patrick yesterday, in which he asked if
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my WeeWX installation was still running, because we use the same extension to fetch the
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weather data from the netatmo servers (this method `cloud` is already rediculous, but it
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works with that hardware, so yes...).
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After looking on my servers logfiles I could confirm the extension wasn't working as
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expected any more.
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Today [I found an actual fork of the fork of the original extension][forked]:
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<https://github.com/Buco7854/weewx-netatmo>
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[forked]: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-netatmo/issues/21#issuecomment-1636757236
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## And this is how I upgraded the netatmo weewx extension
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Uninstall the old extension:
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```console
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$ doas -u weewx /home/weewx/bin/wee_extension --uninstall netatmo
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```
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Download and install the new extension:
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```console
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$ doas -u weewx wget -O weewx-netatmo.zip https://github.com/Buco7854/weewx-netatmo/archive/master.zip
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$ doas -u weewx /home/weewx/bin/wee_extension --install weewx-netatmo.zip
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```
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Go to <https://dev.netatmo.com/apps/> and update your app to include a `refresh_token`.
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Update the configuration with
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```console
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$ doas -u weewx /home/weewx/bin/wee_config --reconfigure
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```
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That should already ask for your refresh_token. Double check this in your `weewx.conf`
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configuration file, as it might not get written properly (like in my case).
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The configuration should look like this now:
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```toml
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[netatmo]
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client_id = ************************
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client_secret = ***************************
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refresh_token = ************************|********************************
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driver = user.netatmo
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mode = cloud
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```
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I removed the `username` and `password` variables but added the `refresh_token` manually
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because the configuration was not properly written by `wee_config --reconfigure`.
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A restart of WeeWX should fetch the data again.
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```console
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$ doas rcctl restart weewx
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```
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## Random failure on authentication to netatmo server
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It sometimes happens at my server that I only get a 400 response:
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~~~plain
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed attempt 1 of 5 to get data: HTTP Error 400:
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed attempt 2 of 5 to get data: HTTP Error 400:
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed attempt 3 of 5 to get data: HTTP Error 400:
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed attempt 4 of 5 to get data: HTTP Error 400:
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed attempt 5 of 5 to get data: HTTP Error 400:
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weewxd: netatmo: netatmo-client: failed to get data after 5 attempts
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~~~
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I don't have found a solution for this yet...
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## Problems on a Raspberry Pi?
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I'm not sure about the cause of this behaviour, but **Andreas DG0LFL** reported, that his
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Raspberry Pi 4 (running Debian 10 Buster) could not update the token so he solved this by
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creating `/etc/systemd/system/weewx.timer` with the following contents:
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```ini
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[Unit]
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Description=WeeWX-Timer
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[Timer]
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OnBootSec=5min
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OnUnitActiveSec=120min
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Unit=weewx.service
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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```
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As for my understanding this should start `weewx.service` 5 minutes after system boot as well as
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every 120 minutes after the services last start.
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He had noticed, that the netatmo-driver wasn't updating the token so it got invalid after 10800
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seconds (3 hours).
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You would probably need to run `systemctl enable weewx.timer` to enable the timer.
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