When setting up OpenWeatherMap, the link to get your API key is incorrect

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The problem

When you add a OpenWeatherMap integration entity, a hint at the top provides a link to find your API key. However, the linked page doesn't actually contain the user's API key, which creates confusion and slows the process of setting the integration up. A more helpful URL would be https://home.openweathermap.org/api_keys.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.2.0

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

OpenWeatherMap

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openweathermap

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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[davidm-glitch]

this is still a thing

[xs2erwin]

did anyone resolve this issue? I have the same problem now. Can't get my api-key working.

[rustysponge]

I ran into the same issue because I missed the instructions on the integration's page: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openweathermap/#%EF%B8%8F-important-deprecation-notice - you need to change your subscription with OWM!

Quote from the integration's website:

To continue using the service: - Visit the OpenWeatherMap website and activate the One Call subscription. - During activation, you will be prompted for a credit card, but you will not be charged unless you exceed the free tier limits. - Configure your OWM integration to select mode v3.0. - Note: Subscription activation may take up to 2 hours.

After completing all steps it took around 20 minutes and everything worked again. To avoid any costs I set the call limit to 1.000 per day to stay within the free tier of OWM. I hope that helps.

[xs2erwin]

I ran into the same issue because I missed the instructions on the integration's page: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openweathermap/#%EF%B8%8F-important-deprecation-notice - you need to change your subscription with OWM!

Quote from the integration's website:

To continue using the service: - Visit the OpenWeatherMap website and activate the One Call subscription. - During activation, you will be prompted for a credit card, but you will not be charged unless you exceed the free tier limits. - Configure your OWM integration to select mode v3.0. - Note: Subscription activation may take up to 2 hours.

After completing all steps it took around 20 minutes and everything worked again. To avoid any costs I set the call limit to 1.000 per day to stay within the free tier of OWM. I hope that helps.

Did work for me after 1 hour of waiting. Thanks

[issue-triage-workflows[bot]]

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates. Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍 This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.