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Add Open Weather Map Key

Open Weather Map weather and pollution service​

To connect the Altair emulator to the Open Weather Map weather and pollution APIs you'll need to declare the Open Weather Map API key.

Update the cmdArgs section of the app_manifest.json file.

"CmdArgs": [
    "--ScopeID",
    "",
    "-o",
    "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY"
],

Default app_manifest.json​

The following is the default project app_manifest.json file. Open the Altair emulator app_manifest.json file and update.

{
    "SchemaVersion": 1,
    "Name": "AltairHL_emulator",
    "ComponentId": "ac8d863a-4424-11eb-b378-0242ac130002",
    "EntryPoint": "/bin/app",
    "CmdArgs": [
        "--ScopeID",
        "",
        "-o",
        ""
    ],
    "Capabilities": {
        "MutableStorage": {
            "SizeKB": 64
        },
        "Gpio": [
            "$AZURE_CONNECTED_LED",
            "$BUTTON_A",
            "$BUTTON_B",
            "$LED_RED",
            "$LED_GREEN",
            "$LED_BLUE"
        ],
        "PowerControls": [
            "SetPowerProfile"
        ],
        "WifiConfig": true,
        "CertStore": true,
        "EnterpriseWifiConfig": true,
        "NetworkConfig": true,
        "AllowedTcpServerPorts": [
            8082
        ],
        "I2cMaster": [
            "$ISU2"
        ],
        "Adc": [
            "$AVNET_LIGHT_SENSOR"
        ],
        "AllowedConnections": [
            "global.azure-devices-provisioning.net",
            "api.openweathermap.org",
            "get.geojs.io",
            "raw.githubusercontent.com"
        ],
        "DeviceAuthentication ": null,
        "AllowedApplicationConnections": [
            "2e319eae-7be5-4a0c-ba47-9353aa6ca96a",
            "9b684af8-21b9-42aa-91e4-621d5428e497",
            "005180bc-402f-4cb3-a662-72937dbcde47",
            "6583cf17-d321-4d72-8283-0b7c5b56442b",
            "AF8B26DB-355E-405C-BBDE-3B851668EE23"
        ]
    },
    "ApplicationType": "Default"
}