Unable to parse JSON from weather API

[mallardduck]

Per the example from the readme, I'm trying to parse JSON data from weather API. I can verify the API is getting data and populating an initial [Weather] data field. The issue seems to happen when I try to parse that data for any internal value.

Here is the code in question:

[Weather]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser.dll
UpdateRate=1200
Url=https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=#Lat#&lon=#Lon#&appid=#ApiKey#&units=#units#
RegExp=(?siU)^(.*)$

[MeasureWeather.Location]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=JsonParser.dll
Source=[Weather]
Query=name

I've tried to use the following permutations of query values:

• Query=name
• Query="name"
• Query=".name"
• Query="$name"

No matter what I try the location ends up empty/blank in the rainmeter log debugger.

The error in the logs is:

Error reading JToken from JsonReader. Path '', line 0, position 0. (Gemini\Sidebars\pollux.ini - [MeasureWeather.Location])

[mallardduck]

Actually - I just switched from the 1.1 version down to 1.0 and the snippet above started to work. The error still shows up in the logs, but I get a functional value.

[e2e8]

1.1 definitely had some issues. I hope to get back to it some time. Can I assume this issue is resolved?

[mallardduck]

Hiya @e2e8 - yes I think this can be closed as resolved.

However I want to clarify as I may have simply had missing dependencies. At one point before I got 1.0 working I did try to compile myself and poke around. In the process I did install more .NET framework components via Window's "Add or Remove Features" options. Yesterday I tried again with 1.1 and things did seem to work for me which got me thinking about those steps I did before trying 1.0.

So it seems most likely the root issue here was user error due to me not having the necessary .NET installed on windows 11. Maybe at the very least adding a note about the dependency would be good if I'm correct that adding those .NET frameworks to windows fixed it.

UPDATE (12/22/22): Recently my main SSD died on my PC so I had to reinstall everything. Upon doing this I tried to reproduce my install as noted in this comment. However even after installing .NET framework stuff via windows add/remove features tool it didn't work with V 1.1. So I reverted to 1.0 and it seems to work fine.