Does Weatherkit have a webhook for push notifications?

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naticio OP

Created Jun ’23

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I'm implementing PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for an app that uses Weatherkit ("there is a Tornado outside your house, run!")

I enabled the capability, the code in app delegate, tested the push notification with the new apple console. and everything WORKS,

BUT...how can I receive push notifications from Weather kit? do they have a webhook that I can listen to? I cannot find anything in the documentation.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi/get_api_v1_weatheralert_language_id

or do I need to create a server to call weatherkit every min?

I don't understand how to listen to weather kit for alerts.

thanks

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Comfable OP

Jun ’24

I agree that having a webhook for weather alerts is crucial. Webhooks allow real-time notifications without constant polling, which is inefficient and resource-intensive. This is especially important for life and safety alerts, like tornado warnings.

In your case with Weatherkit, it's surprising they don't offer a webhook feature. For now, you might need to set up a server to regularly check the Weatherkit API and send push notifications when necessary.

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