# Inkyphat weather.py no longer working **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598 "2019-01-08T10:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![faster\_martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@faster\_martyr](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/faster_martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598/1 "2019-01-08T10:34:55Z")
Been running this python code for months now, but after a recent software update it no longer works. Even the untouched Pimoroni original code fails now. Anyone know what’s happening? Here’s what I see from the original code in IDLE:- > > > ================================ RESTART ================================ Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 516, in urlopen body=body, headers=headers) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 304, in \_make\_request self.\_validate\_conn(conn) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 724, in \_validate\_conn conn.connect() File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 203, in connect conn = self.\_new\_conn() File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 133, in \_new\_conn (self.host, self.port), self.timeout, \*\*extra\_kw) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py”, line 64, in create\_connection for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK\_STREAM): File “/usr/lib/python3.4/socket.py”, line 530, in getaddrinfo for res in \_socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags): socket.gaierror: [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 362, in send timeout=timeout File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 559, in urlopen \_pool=self, \_stacktrace=stacktrace) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 245, in increment raise six.reraise(type(error), error, \_stacktrace) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/six.py”, line 624, in reraise raise value.with\_traceback(tb) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 516, in urlopen body=body, headers=headers) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 304, in \_make\_request self.\_validate\_conn(conn) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 724, in \_validate\_conn conn.connect() File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 203, in connect conn = self.\_new\_conn() File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 133, in \_new\_conn (self.host, self.port), self.timeout, \*\*extra\_kw) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py”, line 64, in create\_connection for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK\_STREAM): File “/usr/lib/python3.4/socket.py”, line 530, in getaddrinfo for res in \_socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags): urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, gaierror(-5, ‘No address associated with hostname’)) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/pi/Pimoroni/inkyphat/examples/weather.py”, line 59, in weather = get\_weather(location\_string) File “/home/pi/Pimoroni/inkyphat/examples/weather.py”, line 47, in get\_weather res = requests.get(uri) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/api.py”, line 60, in get return request(‘get’, url, \*\*kwargs) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/api.py”, line 49, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, \*\*kwargs) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 457, in request resp = self.send(prep, \*\*send\_kwargs) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 569, in send r = adapter.send(request, \*\*kwargs) File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 407, in send raise ConnectionError(err, request=request) requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, gaierror(-5, ‘No address associated with hostname’)) > > > ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598/2 "2019-01-08T13:14:13Z")
Check the post by Sandy this thread, [Inky PHAT - new location](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-new-location/9520/15?u=alphanumeric) And see if it applies to your setup. ---
**Author:** ![faster\_martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@faster\_martyr](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/faster_martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598/3 "2019-01-08T13:54:41Z")
Aha, yes it is. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![sandyjmacdonald](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/sandyjmacdonald/32/393_2.png) [@sandyjmacdonald](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/sandyjmacdonald)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598/4 "2019-01-09T22:05:19Z")
I should have this fixed in the morning. I’ve re-implemented it by scraping the data straight from Dark Sky. :-) ---
**Author:** ![sandyjmacdonald](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/sandyjmacdonald/32/393_2.png) [@sandyjmacdonald](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/sandyjmacdonald)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inkyphat-weather-py-no-longer-working/9598/5 "2019-01-10T11:40:29Z")
See [Inky PHAT - new location](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-new-location/9520/17?u=sandyjmacdonald)