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ColorfulClouds

ColorfulClouds Weather API

Combined weather envelope returning realtime, minutely, hourly, daily, and alerts in one call.

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ColorfulClouds Weather API is one of 6 APIs that ColorfulClouds publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Weather. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and code examples.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 39 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.6.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.6.

1 operations 1 paths 39 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.6
Base URL
https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.6
Authentication
API Key
Contact
ColorfulClouds Tech (彩云科技)
License
Commercial — Caiyun Weather API Terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ColorfulClouds Weather API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (pathToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • pathToken — Caiyun Weather API token. Note that the token is conventionally embedded in the path between the API version and the lng,lat segment rather than sent as a head…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Weather 1

Combined weather envelope returning realtime, minutely, hourly, daily, and alerts in one call.

GET
/{token}/{lnglat}/weather
Caiyun Weather Get Combined Weather Envelope
getWeatherCombined 9 params → 200400401429

Schemas 39

The contract defines 39 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Daily (21 properties), AlertContentItem (15 properties), Hourly (13 properties), Realtime (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Precipitation
object
2 properties 1 required
DailyWindProperty
object
2 properties 2 required
PrecipitationLocal
object
Realtime local precipitation reading at the requested point.
3 properties 3 required
HourlyAQIItem
object
2 properties 2 required
DailyAirQuality
object
2 properties
DailyLifeIndex
object
5 properties
AQIValueDual
object
AQI numeric value under both Chinese and US standards.
2 properties 2 required
HourlyPM25Item
object
2 properties 2 required
DailyPrecipitationItem
object
5 properties 5 required
DailyMinMaxAvgItem
object
4 properties 4 required
DailyAstroItem
object
3 properties 3 required
EnvelopeBase
object
Common envelope fields returned by every Caiyun Weather endpoint.
9 properties 3 required
AlertAdcode
object
2 properties 2 required
Realtime
object
Realtime weather block.
13 properties 6 required
HourlyAirQuality
object
2 properties
HourlySkyconItem
object
2 properties 2 required
WeatherResponse
Minutely
object
Minute-level precipitation nowcast block (next 120 minutes).
6 properties 2 required
HourlyPrecipitationItem
object
3 properties 3 required
HourlyWindItem
object
3 properties 3 required
Result
object
Unified result envelope for the combined /weather endpoint.
7 properties
AirQualityRealtime
object
Realtime pollutant concentrations and AQI.
8 properties 2 required
Hourly
object
Hourly forecast series block.
13 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
Error envelope returned for invalid requests, auth failures, and rate-limit violations.
3 properties 1 required
SkyCon
string
Normalized weather phenomenon (sky condition) enum.
AQIDescDual
object
AQI category description under both standards.
2 properties 2 required
LifeIndexItem
object
2 properties 2 required
Wind
object
Wind speed and direction.
2 properties
DailyWindItem
object
4 properties 4 required
DailySkyconItem
object
2 properties 2 required
RealtimeLifeIndex
object
2 properties 2 required
DailyAstroTime
object
1 property 1 required
AlertContentItem
object
15 properties 4 required
Alert
object
3 properties
DailyAQIItem
object
4 properties 4 required
PrecipitationNearest
object
Nearest precipitation echo to the requested point.
3 properties
DailyLifeIndexEntry
object
3 properties 3 required
Daily
object
Daily forecast series block.
21 properties 1 required
DateTimeValuePair
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

colorfulclouds-weather-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ColorfulClouds publishes across the network.

ColorfulClouds Air Quality API
AE Profile APIs.io
ColorfulClouds Alerts API
AE Profile APIs.io
ColorfulClouds Forecast API
AE Profile APIs.io
ColorfulClouds Precipitation Map API
AE Profile APIs.io
ColorfulClouds Realtime API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
colorfulclouds:colorfulclouds-weather-api
Base URL
https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.6
Docs
https://docs.caiyunapp.com/weather-api/
Provider
ColorfulClouds
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