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WeatherAPI Alerts API

Government weather alerts

WeatherAPI Alerts API is one of 7 APIs that WeatherAPI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.2.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.weatherapi.com/v1, http://api.weatherapi.com/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.2
Base URL
https://api.weatherapi.com/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WeatherAPI Alerts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — API key obtained from https://www.weatherapi.com/my/. Pass as ?key=YOURAPIKEY query parameter.

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.

Alerts 1

Government weather alerts

GET
/alerts.json
WeatherAPI Weather Alerts
getAlerts 2 params → 200400401403

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Alert (13 properties), Location (8 properties), AlertsResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Alert
object
13 properties
AlertsResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
Location
object
Location metadata returned with every weather response.
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

weatherapi-alerts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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