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Xweather Air Quality API

Air quality index and pollutant data

Xweather Air Quality API is one of 9 APIs that Xweather publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Air Quality. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://data.api.xweather.com.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://data.api.xweather.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Xweather Air Quality API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as client_id (clientAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • clientAuth — Xweather uses clientid and clientsecret query parameters for authentication. Both are required on every request.

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.

Air Quality 1

Air quality index and pollutant data

GET
/airquality/{location}
Get Air Quality Data
getAirQuality 4 params → 200400401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Location (11 properties), AirQualityObservation (5 properties), ApiError (2 properties), ApiResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AirQualityObservation
object
5 properties
ApiResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
ApiError
object
2 properties
AirQualityResponse
Location
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

xweather-air-quality-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Xweather publishes across the network.

Xweather Alerts API
Xweather Conditions API
Xweather Fires API
Xweather Forecasts API
Xweather Lightning API
Xweather Maritime API
Xweather Observations API
Xweather Tropical API