# DWD Unwetter Binding
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Binding to retrieve the Weather Warnings of the "Deutscher Wetterdienstes" from the DWD Geoserver (opens new window). The DWD provides weather warnings for Germany. Regions outside of Germany are not supported.
# Supported Things
This binding supports one thing, the Weather Warning. Each Thing provides one or more warnings for a city.
# Thing Configuration
Property | Default | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
cellId | - | Yes | ID of the area to retrieve weather warnings. See this list (opens new window) of valid IDs. Using the percent sign (%) as a wildcard, it is possible to query multiple cells. For example, the value 8111% retrieves all cell IDs that start with 8111 . |
refresh | 30 | No | Time between API requests in minutes. Minimum 15 minutes. |
warningCount | 1 | No | Number of warnings to provide. |
The binding will deliver no warnings if the number of retrieved warnings for one Thing is too big. This can only happen if you select too many cell IDs (more than about 300) with the percent wildcard.
Example:
dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne "Warnings Cologne" [ cellId="105315000", refresh=15, warningCount=1 ]
# Channels
The are multiple channels for every weather warning.
The channels are numbered, with channel names ending in 1 for the first warning, 2 for the second warning, and so on.
The warnings will be sorted first by Severity
and then by the Valid From
date.
This ensures that the channels for the first warning will always be the highest Severity.
If the API returns more warnings than the configured number in the Thing, the warnings with the lowest Severity will be dropped.
Channel | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
warningN | Switch | ON if a warning is present |
UpdatedN | Trigger Channel | Triggers NEW when a warning is sent the first time |
severityN | String | Severity of the warning. Possible values are Minor, Moderate, Severe, and Extreme |
headlineN | String | Headline of the warning (e.g. "Amtliche Warnung vor FROST") |
descriptionN | String | Textual description of the warning |
eventN | String | Type of the warning (e.g. FROST) |
effectiveN | DateTime | Issued Date and Time |
onsetN | DateTime | Start Date and Time for which the warning is valid |
expiresN | DateTime | End Date and Time for which the warning is valid |
altitudeN | Number:Length | Lower Height above sea level for which the warning is valid |
ceilingN | Number:Length | Upper Height above sea level for which the warning is valid |
urgencyN | String | Urgency of the warning. Possible values are Future and Immediate |
instructionN | String | Additional instructions and safety information |
All channels are readonly.
The main purpose of the channel warningN
is to be used for controlling visibility in sitemaps.
The channel can also be used in rules to check if there is a warning present.
It should not be used for rules that need to fire if a new warning shows up.
If a warning is replaced by another warning, that channel stays at ON, and there will be no state change.
For rules that need to fire if a new warning occurs, there is the trigger channel updatedN
.
That trigger channel fires an event whenever a warning is sent for the first time.
It also triggers if a warning is replaced by another.
More explanations about the specific values of the channels can be found in the PDF documentation of the DWD at: CAP DWD Profile 1.2 (opens new window)
# Full Example
dwdunwetter.things:
dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne "Warnings Cologne" [ cellId="105315000", refresh=15, warningCount=1 ]
e.g.
to get two warnings like in the item example, set warningCount=2
in things file
dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne "Warnings Cologne" [ cellId="105315000", refresh=15, warningCount=2
dwdunwetter.items:
Switch WarningCologne_1 "Weather warning [MAP(dwdunwetter_de.map):%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:warning1" }
String WarningCologneServerity_1 "Severity [MAP(dwdunwetter_severity_de.map):%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:severity1" }
String WarningCologneBeschreibung_1 "[%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:description1" }
DateTime WarningCologneAusgabedatum_1 "Issued at [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:effective1" }
DateTime WarningCologneGueltigAb_1 "Valid from [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:onset1" }
DateTime WarningCologneGueltigBis_1 "Valid to [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:expires1" }
String WarningCologneTyp_1 "Event [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:event1" }
String WarningCologneTitel_1 "[%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:headline1" }
Number:Length WarningCologneHoeheAb_1 "Height from [%d m]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:altitude1" }
Number:Length WarningCologneHoeheBis_1 "Height to [%d m]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:ceiling1" }
String WarningCologneUrgency_1 "[MAP(dwdunwetter_urgency_de.map):%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:urgency1" }
String WarningCologneInstruction_1 "Additional information: [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:instruction1" }
Switch WarningCologne_2 "Weather warning [MAP(dwdunwetter_de.map):%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:warning2" }
String WarningCologneServerity_2 "Severity [MAP(dwdunwetter_severity_de.map):%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:severity2" }
String WarningCologneBeschreibung_2 "[%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:description2" }
DateTime WarningCologneAusgabedatum_2 "Issued at [%s]" { channel="dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:effective2" }
...
demo.sitemap:
sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
Frame {
Text item=WarningCologneTitel visibility=[WarningCologne==ON]
Text item=WarningCologneBeschreibung visibility=[WarningCologne==ON]
}
}
dwdunwetter.rules
rule "New Warnung"
when
Channel 'dwdunwetter:dwdwarnings:cologne:updated1' triggered NEW
then
// New Warning send a push notification to everyone
end
dwdunwetter_de.map
ON=aktiv
OFF=inaktiv
NULL=undefiniert
UNDEF=undefiniert
dwdunwetter_severity_de.map
Minor=Wetterwarnung
Moderate=Markante Wetterwarnung
Severe=Unwetterwarnung
Extreme=Extreme Unwetterwarnung
NULL=undefiniert
UNDEF=undefiniert
dwdunwetter_urgency_de.map
Immediate=Warnung
Future=Vorabinformation
NULL=undefiniert
UNDEF=undefiniert
If you're unsure if the binding is working correctly, you can access the json directly with curl or any browser json (opens new window) and have a look for an active ID to test your setup.
curl https://www.dwd.de/DWD/warnungen/warnapp/json/warnings.json | less
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