openhab-docs/_addons_bindings/yahooweather

id	label	title	type	description	since	logo	install
yahooweather	YahooWeather	YahooWeather - Bindings	binding	This binding uses the [Yahoo Weather service](https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/) for providing current weather information.	2x	images/addons/yahooweather.png	auto

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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:Temperature	The current temperature
humidity	Number:Dimensionless	The current humidity in %
pressure	Number:Pressure	The current pressure

Full Example

demo.things:

yahooweather:weather:berlin [ location=638242 ]

demo.items:

Number:Temperature Temperature 	"Outside Temperature [%.1f %unit%]" { channel="yahooweather:weather:berlin:temperature" }

demo.sitemap:

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