Microsoft weather advice

Ronald Chandler 41 Reputation points
2022-08-01T19:54:19.35+00:00

Microsoft weather problem:
The url: "https://tile-service.weather.microsoft.com/livetile/front/45.3033943,-92.86228"
My code:
request = WebRequest.Create(url)
response = request.GetResponse()
Using SR As New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream)
document_response = SR.ReadToEnd

This query has been working for years. Now document_response = nothing. This query works for some latitude and longitude values (mostly outside of the U.S.). I really want to make this work or get an error response that explains why it does not.

My development platform is Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop using Windows 10.

Windows Maps
Windows Maps
A Microsoft app that provides voice navigation and turn-by-turn driving, transit, and walking directions.
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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-08-01T20:16:14.463+00:00
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  2. IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-08-05T17:03:17.19+00:00

    Hi Folks,

    That looks like a "live" tile and does not have "Maps" in the URL. I suspect it is for the live MSN web tile service in Windows Phone but that is a wild guess just from the URL. With Windows Phone no longer on the market, I would expect that may be torn down, but again, wild guess. I can confidently confirm that it is not offered by the Maps team. Ronald, can you please provide the public API docs you used as guidance to leverage those tiles? I can't find anything about them so far.

    It does look like MSN does offer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/msnweather/ so maybe it is related to that offering? However, I don't see a URL link like yours there either.

    If you can provide me the instruction guidance you have for it's use, I can try and find who wrote that to find the service owner.

    Sincerely,
    IoTGirl

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  3. IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-08-05T23:50:14.217+00:00

    Hi Folks!

    It took some digging but this seems to be a Windows Service (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-windows-1809-endpoints) as I suspected. You will need to contact Windows Support for information around the use of this endpoint.

    Sincerely,
    IoTGirl