Rant: Stuck coding a water-saving app for my landscaping work

I'm trying to learn Python to build a simple app that helps me save water in my landscaping jobs. The goal is to use local weather data to figure out when plants really need watering. I found a free API online, but the instructions might as well be in another language. Every time I run my code, it throws errors I can't make sense of. Why is connecting to an API so tricky for someone just starting out? I've looked up guides, but they all assume you know stuff I don't. Has anyone made something like this before? I could use advice on how to get past this block without giving up.

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4 Comments

morgan_burns961mo ago

Free weather APIs are designed to drive you crazy. Their docs might as well be in alien code.

xena5821mo ago

Seriously, the instructions were in another language?

troychen1mo ago

But what if the product was imported from another country? Tbh, it's pretty common for manuals to have mix-ups like that. Ngl, a quick google translate usually fixes it.

wader7118d ago

Honestly, @morgan_burns96 is right, this stuff feels like modern hieroglyphics sometimes.