Topic: www.weatherlink.com https error

[wvdkuil]

Since May  19th  12:00 UTC  the https certificate for https://www.weatherlink.com is not valid anymore.

When linking to that site the browser throws an error, NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID 
CURL access will fail.

Scripts who retrieve API data should still use http://

Wim

[PaulMy]

Is this something Davis will likely fix or is there another way to connect to www.weatherlink.com site?

Paul

[johnd]

It looks like the certificate has run out of date and no-one noticed. Probably be corrected within a few days at a guess. But it's not stopping standard browser access - you just override the error.

[PaulMy]

Thanks John,

you just override the error

I hadn't thought I could do that, but it works.

Enjoy,
Paul

[johnd]

I hadn't thought I could do that, but it works.

Yes, you obviously have to be a little cautious just in case the site has actually been hijacked. But in the case of wl.com I suspect that effort involved relative to reward would be pretty high. Occam's razor suggests that human error in forgetting to renew the certificate is much more likely. (I was trying to remember whether the wl.com site was previously https rather than http - I think the answer was yes, but if not then that's another possible explanation if the certificate wasn't also carefully checked.)

[PaulMy]

(I was trying to remember whether the wl.com site was previously https rather than http - I think the answer was yes, but if not then that's another possible explanation if the certificate wasn't also carefully checked.)

From the link I had copied and saved it was https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage...

Paul