diff --git a/examples/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo.ino b/examples/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo.ino
index ab1f9b6..b19a85f 100644
--- a/examples/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo.ino
+++ b/examples/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo/OpenWeatherMapCurrentDemo.ino
@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ SOFTWARE.
 // initiate the client
 OpenWeatherMapCurrent client;
 
+// See https://docs.thingpulse.com/how-tos/openweathermap-key/
 String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID = "XXX";
-String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION = "Zurich,CH";
+/*
+Go to https://openweathermap.org/find?q= and search for a location. Go through the
+result set and select the entry closest to the actual location you want to display 
+data for. It'll be a URL like https://openweathermap.org/city/2657896. The number
+at the end is what you assign to the constant below.
+ */
+String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION_ID = "2657896";
 /*
 Arabic - ar, Bulgarian - bg, Catalan - ca, Czech - cz, German - de, Greek - el,
 English - en, Persian (Farsi) - fa, Finnish - fi, French - fr, Galician - gl,
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ void setup() {
   OpenWeatherMapCurrentData data;
   client.setLanguage(OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LANGUAGE);
   client.setMetric(IS_METRIC);
-  client.updateCurrent(&data, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION);
+  client.updateCurrentById(&data, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION_ID);
 
   Serial.println("------------------------------------");
 
diff --git a/examples/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo.ino b/examples/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo.ino
index 2952887..f76f49f 100644
--- a/examples/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo.ino
+++ b/examples/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo/OpenWeatherMapForecastDemo.ino
@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ SOFTWARE.
 // initiate the client
 OpenWeatherMapForecast client;
 
-String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID = "";
-String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION = "Zurich,CH";
+// See https://docs.thingpulse.com/how-tos/openweathermap-key/
+String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID = "XXX";
+/*
+Go to https://openweathermap.org/find?q= and search for a location. Go through the
+result set and select the entry closest to the actual location you want to display 
+data for. It'll be a URL like https://openweathermap.org/city/2657896. The number
+at the end is what you assign to the constant below.
+ */
+String OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION_ID = "2657896";
 /*
 Arabic - ar, Bulgarian - bg, Catalan - ca, Czech - cz, German - de, Greek - el,
 English - en, Persian (Farsi) - fa, Finnish - fi, French - fr, Galician - gl,
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ void setup() {
   client.setLanguage(OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LANGUAGE);
   uint8_t allowedHours[] = {0,12};
   client.setAllowedHours(allowedHours, 2);
-  uint8_t foundForecasts = client.updateForecasts(data, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION, MAX_FORECASTS);
+  uint8_t foundForecasts = client.updateForecastsById(data, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_APP_ID, OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_LOCATION_ID, MAX_FORECASTS);
   Serial.printf("Found %d forecasts in this call\n", foundForecasts);
   Serial.println("------------------------------------");
   time_t time;
diff --git a/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.cpp b/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.cpp
index f783735..151911c 100644
--- a/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.cpp
+++ b/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,16 @@ OpenWeatherMapCurrent::OpenWeatherMapCurrent() {
 }
 
 void OpenWeatherMapCurrent::updateCurrent(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String appId, String location) {
+  doUpdate(data, buildUrl(appId, "q=" + location));
+}
+
+void OpenWeatherMapCurrent::updateCurrentById(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String appId, String locationId) {
+  doUpdate(data, buildUrl(appId, "id=" + locationId));
+}
+
+String OpenWeatherMapCurrent::buildUrl(String appId, String locationParameter) {
   String units = metric ? "metric" : "imperial";
-  doUpdate(data, "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=" + location + "&appid=" + appId + "&units=" + units + "&lang=" + language);
+  return "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?" + locationParameter + "&appid=" + appId + "&units=" + units + "&lang=" + language;
 }
 
 void OpenWeatherMapCurrent::doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String url) {
diff --git a/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.h b/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.h
index fc907aa..fa4d0eb 100644
--- a/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.h
+++ b/src/OpenWeatherMapCurrent.h
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@ class OpenWeatherMapCurrent: public JsonListener {
     boolean metric = true;
     String language;
 
-  void doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String url);
+    void doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String url);
+    String buildUrl(String appId, String locationParameter);
 
   public:
     OpenWeatherMapCurrent();
     void updateCurrent(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String appId, String location);
+    void updateCurrentById(OpenWeatherMapCurrentData *data, String appId, String locationId);
 
     void setMetric(boolean metric) {this->metric = metric;}
     boolean isMetric() { return metric; }
diff --git a/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.cpp b/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.cpp
index 485c963..9afd338 100644
--- a/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.cpp
+++ b/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ OpenWeatherMapForecast::OpenWeatherMapForecast() {
 }
 
 uint8_t OpenWeatherMapForecast::updateForecasts(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String appId, String location, uint8_t maxForecasts) {
-  String units = metric ? "metric" : "imperial";
   this->maxForecasts = maxForecasts;
-  return doUpdate(data, "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q=" + location + "&appid=" + appId + "&units=" + units + "&lang=" + language);
+  return doUpdate(data, buildUrl(appId, "q=" + location));
+}
+
+uint8_t OpenWeatherMapForecast::updateForecastsById(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String appId, String locationId, uint8_t maxForecasts) {
+  this->maxForecasts = maxForecasts;
+  return doUpdate(data, buildUrl(appId, "id=" + locationId));
+}
+
+String OpenWeatherMapForecast::buildUrl(String appId, String locationParameter) {
+  String units = metric ? "metric" : "imperial";
+  return "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?" + locationParameter + "&appid=" + appId + "&units=" + units + "&lang=" + language;
 }
 
 uint8_t OpenWeatherMapForecast::doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String url) {
diff --git a/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.h b/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.h
index ec008d9..909e7d9 100644
--- a/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.h
+++ b/src/OpenWeatherMapForecast.h
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ class OpenWeatherMapForecast: public JsonListener {
     uint8_t allowedHoursCount = 0;
     boolean isCurrentForecastAllowed = true;
 
-  uint8_t doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String url);
+    uint8_t doUpdate(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String url);
+    String buildUrl(String appId, String locationParameter);
 
   public:
     OpenWeatherMapForecast();
     uint8_t updateForecasts(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String appId, String location, uint8_t maxForecasts);
+    uint8_t updateForecastsById(OpenWeatherMapForecastData *data, String appId, String locationId, uint8_t maxForecasts);
 
     void setMetric(boolean metric) { this->metric = metric; }
     boolean isMetric() { return this->metric; }