Error requesting data from WeatherBit: 429

[Mariusthvdb]

I have given this some time (as in days), but Integration wont setup anymore:

Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: config_entries.py:388 
First occurred: 22:47:15 (2 occurrences) 
Last logged: 22:47:24

Config entry 'Roosendaal' for weatherbit integration not ready yet: Error requesting data from WeatherBit: 429, message='', url=URL('https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current?lat=xxx&lon=xxx&key=83eredacted88&lang=en&units=M'); Retrying in background

is this a know issue right now? Or did something go Amis in updating to HA 2022.8.6...

thanks!

[B-Kramer]

I just got the same issue after updating.

Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: config_entries.py:1067
First occurred: 4:47:36 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:47:36 PM

Config entry 'Country Life Acres' for weatherbit integration not ready yet: Error requesting data from WeatherBit: 429, message='', url=URL('https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current?lat=38.65259474700931&lon=-90.48935672384688&key=f77974adbc6d4efd91ae6ae0b4f69a73&lang=en&units=M'); Retrying in background

[B-Kramer]

Followup: It's going over the request limit.

{"status_code":429,"status_message":"Your request count (585) is over the allowed limit of 500 per day - Upgrade your key, or retry after 129.85 minutes"}

[Mariusthvdb]

right, I see that too now,
maybe cause by the fact its installed on several devices..?
how can we decrease that request count to fall under the 500 in that case?

wait, this seems the place:

Ive now increased from 5 to 10 minutes, which should be significant, lets see what happens next ;-)

[B-Kramer]

In the settings on the integrations page you can increase the poll times. I set mine from 5 up to 10 minutes, didn't hit the limit today.

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[Mariusthvdb]

haha we crossposted....

[briis]

There is nothing that has changed in the part of the code that handles the frequencies of updates for month. I have now done some extensive testing just to verify that this is running as expected, and it does.

When you start up HA and the Integration, it performs two calls to Weatherbit on startup: 1 for the current data and one for the Forecast, and then it follows the schedule. So if default values are selected it makes 1 call every 5 minutes for the current data and 1 call every 30 min for the forecast. That means 288 call for current data per day and 48 calls for the forecast per day. That is 336 calls per day, and way below the 500 that is on the Free plan.

The above number also indicates that if you run more than 1 location, then you MUST lower the frequency of updates to ensure you do not hit the 500 calls limit.

[Mariusthvdb]

Thans Bjarne.

I am not running more than 1 location, but have ofc more than 1 device running HA.

Suppose that should not matter ( considering it is the Ha server doing the requests?)

[briis]

The above number (336 calls per day) is for each instance of Weatherbit running with 1 location setup. So if you use the Integration on two HA instances then you will get 2 x 336 calls per day.

[Mariusthvdb]

Yeah. Understood.
Running 1 instance only though...

[B-Kramer]

I also only had one location being used...and still hit the limit. I've increased my polling times and not had problems since then.

[Mariusthvdb]

well, Ive decreased the polling to 10 minutes, as explained above, and yet saw this:

2022-08-21 21:19:02.504 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.weatherbit] Error fetching weatherbit data: Error while retreiving data: Error requesting data from WeatherBit: 429, message='', url=URL('https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current?lat=<lat>&lon=<lon>&key=<key>&lang=en&units=M&include=alerts')
2022-08-21 21:23:17.437 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.weatherbit] Error fetching weatherbit data: Error while retreiving data: Error requesting data from WeatherBit: 429, message='', url=URL('https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/daily?lat=<lat>&lon=<lon>&key=<key>&lang=en&units=M')

other than this, I have a few template sensors involving weatherbit sensors but don't think that would cause any extra polling?

and I have 1 card in HA frontend:

type: entities
header:
  type: picture
  image: /local/weather/weatherbit.png
  tap_action:
    action: url
    url_path: !secret weatherio_api_url
  hold_action:
    action: call-service
    service: homeassistant.reload_config_entry
    service_data:
      entry_id: b31782708171df0556b76c520ce103ed

but that url is only activated on a tap. Which didnt happen.

On holding the card above, I just saw all of my sensors disappear into the unknown..... tapping revealed the reason:

{"status_code":429,"status_message":"Your request count (536) is over the allowed limit of 500 per day - Upgrade your key, or retry after 215.26666666667 minutes"}

[B-Kramer]

I haven't had any more problems, my settings are 10 and 45 for each of the sliders.

[Mariusthvdb]

wait, checking the integration again, it reveals that the slider has moved back to 5 minutes...

so this is odd in itself.

ofc, next to the fact that Bjarnes calculation for polling seems to no stick somehow, and my numbers are topping that in the default settings

[digitalwolf]

I've started getting this error the last couple of days. It appears that the free tier has been dropped to 50 calls per day.