What causes "no location found" in JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh?

Set location to a city name, optionally with country code, e.g. "Berlin,DE".

no location found

Error message

no location found

What it means

The OpenWeatherMap segment requires the location option. getResult validates it (as a rendered template) before calling the API and fails with this error when it is empty, since OWM's q= parameter needs a city name to geocode.

Source

Thrown at src/segments/owm.go:71

	return true
}

func (d *Owm) Template() string {
	return " {{ .Weather }} ({{ .Temperature }}{{ .UnitIcon }}) "
}

func (d *Owm) getResult() (*owmDataResponse, error) {
	response := new(owmDataResponse)

	apikey := d.options.Template(APIKey, "", d)
	if apikey == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("no api key found")
	}

	location := d.options.Template(Location, "", d)
	if location == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("no location found")
	}

	location = url.QueryEscape(location)

	units := d.options.String(Units, "standard")
	httpTimeout := d.options.Int(options.HTTPTimeout, options.DefaultHTTPTimeout)

	d.URL = fmt.Sprintf("https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=%s&units=%s&appid=%s", location, units, apikey)

	body, err := d.env.HTTPRequest(d.URL, nil, httpTimeout)
	if err != nil {
		return new(owmDataResponse), err
	}

	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
	if err != nil {
		return new(owmDataResponse), err
	}

View on GitHub (pinned to 0976794618)

Solutions

Set location to a city name, optionally with country code, e.g. "Berlin,DE".
If location is a template, verify it renders non-empty (check the referenced env/property).
Alternatively use the openweather segment which supports latitude/longitude if a city string is impractical.
URL-hostile characters are fine — the segment query-escapes the value — so the issue is emptiness, not formatting.

Example fix

// before
"type": "owm",
"api_key": "..."
// after
"type": "owm",
"api_key": "...",
"location": "Amsterdam,NL"

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

const loc = cfg.location?.trim()
if (!loc) {
  throw new Error("owm segment requires a non-empty location, e.g. 'Berlin,DE'")
}

Try / catch

if err := d.setStatus(); err != nil {
  if err.Error() == "no location found" {
    log.Warn("owm: set location in segment config")
    return // hide segment
  }
  return err
}

Prevention

Set location as "City,CC" (optionally with country code) in the owm config.
If location is a template, confirm it renders non-empty at runtime.
When migrating between weather providers, remember OWM uses a city string, not lat/lng.
Validate the theme config against the schema which documents the location option.

When it happens

Trigger: Configuring an owm segment with no location, location = "", or a location template that renders empty (e.g. {{ .Env.WEATHER_CITY }} unset); also empty after template expansion even if a raw value was provided.

Common situations: Themes that leave location to the user's edit, switching from a weather provider that used coordinates to OWM which expects a city string, or relying on an env var that was never exported.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh@0976794618 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2660f4f338573eaf. Report an issue: GitHub.