smarthome/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.yahooweather

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YahooWeather Binding

This binding uses the Yahoo Weather service for providing current weather information.

Note: The Yahoo Weather API is provided by Yahoo free of charge for personal, non-commercial uses, but it requires attribution and the acceptance of their terms of use. By using this binding, you confirm that you agree with this - please read the details on https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/.

Supported Things

There is exactly one supported thing, which represents the weather service. It has the id weather.

Thing Configuration

Besides the location (as location as a WOEID number), the second configuration parameter is refresh which defines the refresh interval in seconds.

Channels

The weather information that is retrieved is available as these channels:

Channel Type ID	Item Type	Description
temperature	Number	The current temperature in degrees celsius
humidity	Number	The current humidity in %
pressure	Number	The current pressure in millibar (hPa)

Full Example

demo.things:

yahooweather:weather:berlin [ location="638242" ]

demo.items:

Number Temperature 	"Outside Temperature" { channel="yahooweather:weather:berlin:temperature" }

demo.sitemap:

sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
	Frame {
		Text item=Temperature
	}
}