Xweather Lightning API
Lightning strike data and nowcasts
Xweather Lightning API is one of 9 APIs that Xweather publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Lightning. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Xweather Lightning 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 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Lightning strike data and nowcasts
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Location (11 properties), LightningStrike (9 properties), ApiError (2 properties), ApiResponse (2 properties). 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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