MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror · error · Error

Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}

Error message

Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}

What it means

After validating the buienradar response, #handleResponse switches on this.config.type to select daily or hourly generation. Any type other than 'current'/'daily'/'hourly' (whatever the supported cases are) falls to default and throws. It indicates an unsupported weather type string in the provider config.

Source

Thrown at defaultmodules/weather/providers/buienradar.js:152

				throw new Error("Invalid API response");
			}

			this.#setLocationName(data.location);

			let weatherData;
			switch (this.config.type) {
				case "current":
					weatherData = this.#generateCurrentWeather(data.days[0]);
					break;
				case "forecast":
				case "daily":
					weatherData = this.#generateDailyForecast(data.days);
					break;
				case "hourly":
					weatherData = this.#generateHourlyForecast(data.days);
					break;
				default:
					throw new Error(`Unknown weather type: ${this.config.type}`);
			}

			if (this.onDataCallback && weatherData) {
				this.onDataCallback(weatherData);
			}
		} catch (error) {
			Log.error("[buienradar] Error processing weather data:", error);
			this.#sendErrorCallback(error.message);
		}
	}

	#sendErrorCallback (message) {
		if (this.onErrorCallback) {
			this.onErrorCallback({
				message,
				translationKey: ERROR_TRANSLATION_KEY
			});
		}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4b4a59534f)

Solutions

1. Set config.type to a supported value: 'current', 'daily' or 'hourly'
2. Fix casing/typos in the type string (values are case-sensitive)
3. Check the provider's documented supported types

Example fix

// before
config = { type: "daily-forecast", ... }
// after
config = { type: "daily", ... }

const SUPPORTED = ["current", "daily", "hourly"];
if (!SUPPORTED.includes(config.type)) throw new Error(`Unsupported type ${config.type}; use one of ${SUPPORTED.join(", ")}`);

const isWeatherType = (t) => ["current", "daily", "hourly"].includes(t);

try {
  provider.initialize(config);
} catch (err) {
  if (err.message.startsWith("Unknown weather type:")) {
    console.error(`Bad type '${config.type}' — allowed: current, daily, hourly`);
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: config.type set to a value not handled by the switch, e.g. 'weekly', 'minutely', or a typo like 'hourly ' or 'Hourly'.

Common situations: Copy-pasting config between providers with different supported types; case sensitivity mistakes; adding a type string the provider doesn't implement.

Understand the failure class

Background: Invalid enum value errors: "Unknown type", "Invalid scope", "must be one of" — when a string is not on the library's allowed list — this error's family across 23 libraries.

Related errors

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

AI-assisted analysis of MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror@4b4a59534f (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a3201777fe12cf1d. Report an issue: GitHub.