Weather Underground Observations API
Current and real-time PWS observations
Weather Underground Observations API is one of 4 APIs that Weather Underground publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Observations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.weather.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Weather Underground Observations API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (apiKey).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
apiKey— API key issued to registered PWS contributors via https://www.wunderground.com/member/api-keys
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Current and real-time PWS observations
Schemas 5
The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Observation (20 properties), UnitMeasurements (10 properties), CurrentObservationsResponse (1 property), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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