Adding Air Quality to Weather Gadget

[driscoll42]

I was wondering if it would be possible to get the Air Quality data in the Weather Gadget? Looking at the API for weather.com, I think it should be possible - https://developer.weather.com/airquality-environment/docs/air-quality-global-v-3-0#/Air%20Quality/get_v3_wx_globalAirQuality?geocode

[SilverAzide]

Hello! Oh yeah, that is definitely possible. Rainmeter user Xenium has a bunch of AQI skins, like this one.

It wasn't too hard to add this API to the standard JSON template everyone is using for weather.com, or even call the API directly. I tried it and it was easy-peasy, and Xenium already figured out the regexps.

I'm not sure if I could add this to the existing Weather Meter, as it is pretty overloaded with stuff already. Possibly an add-on Air Quality Meter or something would work better.

[driscoll42]

Glad the API access is easy! But totally get adding it to the Weather Gadget may be a bit overloaded. I admit I was thinking of that it could be a touch hard to find in the other data on the gadget if added.

I will check out that gadget you suggested and add it for now! I just like a common theme for my gadget, and tbh yours are the only one I use and thy take up basically an entire monitor of mine, and would enjoy an AQI one. But since one exists that works, I'll just add it. Thanks for checking into this!

[SilverAzide]

Cool screenshot! 😃 Thanks!

A couple off topic observations...

• If you want a media player skin that looks like the Gadgets, you might find one here: Gadgets Additions.
• Maybe it was a coincidence, but I see your Drives Meter shows every drive pegged at 100%. This might be an indicator that your performance counters database is corrupted. This happens to me occasionally. Info to fix it is here.

[driscoll42]

I had no idea that Gadgets Additions existed! I am checking it out! I have been wanting a good Spotify music player that's Gadget themed. Spotiplayer was close enough for me before, though the last time I tried to get it to work it didn't and I gave up on it, and it hasn't been updated in a few years I assume it's defunct. I'll try this one's Media Control out.

And not sure what exactly happened with the drives there, they're back to 0% now. I did remove one drive from my list as it had something too close to PII for me to want to upload in a public screenshot, I suspect the resetting of that afterward made them all 100%.