Call and Parse 3rd party API via Webhook and update virtual pin value (no device involved)

[PeteKnight]

@wingnut

Is this the most efficient way to accomplish retrieving 3rd party data?

Probably not.

Why not just call the API directly and parse the results using the most appropriate method (a JSON parser most likely)?

Here’s an example….

Webhook widget

I use Openweather, but I don’t use webhook widget void forecast() { WiFiClient client; HTTPClient http; //Declare an object of class HTTPClient http.begin(client, "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=yourID&units=metric&lang=fr"); //Specify request destination int httpCode = http.GET(); //Send the request if (httpCode > 0) { //Check the returning code payload = http.getString(); //Get the request response payload } http.end(); //Close connection Jso…

Pete.