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Invalid weather data

Error message

Invalid weather data

What it means

smhi's #handleResponse expects the API response to contain a `timeSeries` array (SMHI's point-forecast format). If the parsed data lacks timeSeries or it isn't an array, it throws 'Invalid weather data'. This shields downstream parsers from malformed payloads.

Source

Thrown at defaultmodules/weather/providers/smhi.js:123

					this.onErrorCallback({
						message: "Failed to parse API response",
						translationKey: "MODULE_ERROR_UNSPECIFIED"
					});
				}
			}
		});

		this.fetcher.on("error", (errorInfo) => {
			if (this.onErrorCallback) {
				this.onErrorCallback(errorInfo);
			}
		});
	}

	#handleResponse (data) {
		try {
			if (!data.timeSeries || !Array.isArray(data.timeSeries)) {
				throw new Error("Invalid weather data");
			}

			const coordinates = this.#resolveCoordinates(data);
			let weatherData;

			switch (this.config.type) {
				case "current":
					weatherData = this.#generateCurrentWeather(data.timeSeries, coordinates);
					break;
				case "forecast":
				case "daily":
					weatherData = this.#generateForecast(data.timeSeries, coordinates);
					break;
				case "hourly":
					weatherData = this.#generateHourly(data.timeSeries, coordinates);
					break;
				default:
					Log.error(`[smhi] Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}`);

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Solutions

1. Verify the SMHI API URL/version matches what the module expects (category/version in the URL)
2. Check coordinates are within SMHI's coverage area
3. curl the request URL and confirm the body contains "timeSeries"
4. Retry later if SMHI is having an outage; check the error callback for the underlying cause

const looksLikeSmhiPayload = (d) => d != null && Array.isArray(d.timeSeries);
if (!looksLikeSmhiPayload(data)) console.warn("SMHI payload missing timeSeries — check API URL/version and coverage");

const hasTimeSeries = (d) => typeof d === "object" && d !== null && Array.isArray(d.timeSeries);

provider.setCallbacks(
  (data) => render(data),
  (err) => { if (err.message === "Invalid weather data") fallbackProviderOrRetry(); }
);

When it happens

Trigger: SMHI returns an error JSON (e.g. quota or 404 body), a non-timeSeries product, empty/blocked response parsed as an object without timeSeries, or coordinates outside SMHI's coverage returning an unexpected body.

Common situations: Coordinates outside Sweden/SMHI coverage; SMHI API version change altering response shape; service outage; rate limiting.

Understand the failure class

Background: Schema validation failed / invalid input schema: payload rejected because its shape doesn't match the expected schema — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• Invalid API response
• Latitude and longitude are required
• siteCode and provCode are required
• Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}
• Latitude and longitude are required

AI-assisted analysis of MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror@4b4a59534f (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/50955b6a533fe252. Report an issue: GitHub.