General weather interface/v2.5
Version of this article: v2.5，current stable version: v2.5，historical veriosns: v2.4
Contents
Authentication
After signing up at the dahsboard, you will get your access token. In below sections, we will use a temporary token for demo purpose: S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b. In production or development, you should use your own.
API call examples
Scenarios of weather apps
- New York: Weather forecast for New York including real time condition, 2h minutely precipitation forecast, 48h hourly general forecast, 5d daily general forecast, in English and Imperial and US customary measurement systems.
- Tokyo: Weather forecast for Tokyo including real time condition, 2h minutely precipitation forecast, 48h hourly general forecast, 5d daily general forecast, in Japanese and Metric measurement system.
Scenarios of planning software
- Short term: 24 hour hourly forecast
- Long term: 10 days daily forecast
Scenarios of scientific instrument
- Assume an instrument on an ocean drilling ship need to get hourly data for next 12 hour
Scenarios of Real-time cases
- Assume a drone control system need the current realtime weather data, but the data should be in SI unit system for convenience of control calculation.
