Show the Local Weather - getCurrentPosition not working over http

Challenge Name

Show the Local Weather

https://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/show-the-local-weather

Issue Description

getCurrentPosition does not work over http. I think that changing the url to codepen.io in that particular challenge would help others campers not thinking their code isn’t correct.

Browser Information

• Browser Name, Version: Chrome 51.0.2704.84 m
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Mobile, Desktop, or Tablet: Desktop

Your Code

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[stricknein]

Google will not allow you to get geo location anymore over http. And unfortunately the free version of the suggested API to use (Openweathermap) cannot use https unless you pay for it. Instead I would suggest bypassing google altogether to get geolocation and use http://ip-api.com/json to get the information you need based off the IP address.

[stricknein]

@raisedadead Ok? Point is people are trying to complete the challenge going off what they were taught prior to the challenge and they will not be able to unless the pay for open weather map and know that the issue is from using http and not https. Some one with some time on their hands should add that as a note on the challenge in order to ease people’s frustration. I was just pointing out another API that would work with OWM. That was the only one out of several that I tried that was free and got the job done.