AccuWeather Go API Parameters

 

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AccuWeather Go API Query String Parameters

Parameter Description Default value
api Hostname to be used only in production: api.accuweather.com N/A Required
apidev Hostname to be used only in development: apidev.accuweather.com N/A Required
version Version of the API v1 Required
format Format of the response JSON Optional
apikey Unique code used to access the API N/A Required
language String indicating the language in which to return the resource en-us Optional
waypoints

A list of waypoints separated by the pipe character (|) and entered in chronological order. A single API call may contain up to 60 waypoints.

A waypoint is a comma-delimited list indicating location, ETA, and optional heading: latitude,longitude,ETA,heading, where

  • Latitude: Latitude coordinate in decimal degrees.
  • Longitude: Longitude coordinate in decimal degrees.
  • ETA (estimated time of arrival): The number of minutes from the present time that it will take for the vehicle to reach the waypoint. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 120.0 minutes.
  • Heading: An optional value indicating the vehicle heading as it passes the waypoint. Expressed in clockwise degrees relative to true north. This is issued to calculate sun glare as a driving hazard. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 360.0 degrees. If not provided, a heading will automatically be derived based on the position of neighboring waypoints.
 N/A Required

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AccuWeather Go Basic API response parameters

Parameters Description
Trip Aggregated data for the entire trip.
ExpiresEpoch To help the caller reduce the number of unnecessary requests made to the AccuWeather Go API, the API monitors the weather in the vicinity of the route and provides guidance as to when the response should be updated based upon how active the weather is in the area. Each JSON response is accompanied with a TTL (time to live) expiration timestamp—ExpiresEpoch—after which the response is considered stale and the caller should make another request to update the response. If no impactful weather is present in that area, the timestamp will extend further into the future (up to one hour). Conversely, if the weather is very active and sudden impactful changes are expected, the timestamp could extend down to a minute into the figure indicating that a very frequent update cycle is necessary. The format of the response is in the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight on January 1st, 1970.

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AccuWeather Go Premium API Response Parameters

Parameter Description
Waypoints An array of data for each waypoint returned in the same order as specified in the URL.
Trip Aggregated data for the entire trip.
ExpiresEpoch To help the caller reduce the number of unnecessary requests made to the AccuWeather Go API, the API monitors the weather in the vicinity of the route and provides guidance as to when the response should be updated based upon how active the weather is in the area. Each JSON response is accompanied with a TTL (time to live) expiration timestamp—ExpiresEpoch—after which the response is considered stale and the caller should make another request to update the response. If no impactful weather is present in that area, the timestamp will extend further into the future (up to one hour). Conversely, if the weather is very active and sudden impactful changes are expected, the timestamp could extend down to a minute into the figure indicating that a very frequent update cycle is necessary. The format of the response is in the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight on January 1st, 1970.

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