Just someone asked something and I may have a flow that does what they want. But one node's has a key in it.

Ok... I think I get it. The key you're referring to is your "license" if you will, to use that API - Most services offering access to data requires to know who is using that API (and to detect if that user is absuing the services provided) If exporting a flow that uses a key that is assigned to …

[image] Trying_to_learn: I guess it confused me with the global declaration - me being anal - when it is more a flow. I use a global context variable because it is set on one editor tab and used on a different tab. When I export the entire flow that uses the variable, as I did above, you can…

Yeah, ok, I didn't read the first flow quite as well as I should. I took it as you entered the key in the inject node and sent it to the change node. MY MISTAKE - sorry. So, if I did it that way, I could link the inject to change node and put the change node on the other flow so the key would be f…

As @GogoVega and myself have noted it is probably best to use environment variable credentials, as they are kept securely, these can be set by flow or group or globally in the setting.js. [chrome_screenshot_5 Aug 2024 11_30_52 BST] They are held in the flows_cred.json, in the .node-red directory …

I'll have to look more into passing the key via the message. Alas I have a problem that I get weather for a few places so I am going to have to think about that a bit more.

Thanks. That way does look nicer. (No offense to @TotallyInformation or @jbudd ) I'm changing horses a bit just now but this way seems to feel nicer to me. I'll sit down and see if I can understand this way.

Small reminder :grin: [image] What is the purpose of starting the 'global' flow in the source code when starting Flows Core Development [image]

I'm now kinda more confused than before. I am sure the node I am using is openweathermap but when I look at the posts/flows just now, the node when opened looks way different to the one I have. Oh, ooops. So the newer flows are not using that node, but a http request node. But with the messages …

This is what I have in my notes: OpenWeatherMap's OneCall API One Call API 3.0 - OpenWeatherMap - free tier gives 1000 calls per day. Icons: https://flows.nodered.org/flow/d7af9f5d6f6923324466c58ea4f0655f

Thanks. It wasn't your flow that threw me, but with the http request ones, nothing works. I use the actual node. It works. If I use the http request node and weak where I get the weather I get errors like crazy. I'm trying to go with that as it seems the easier way to go. (He said now kind of…

Openweathermap have upgraded to version 3 of their api, so you would need to sign up for a new subscription to get api-key to use V3. The update openweathermap node now use V3 also, that to will require a new subscription. As noted in the error message.

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