Indices API Parameters
Request parameters | Response parameters
Daily Indices 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 |
apikey | Unique code used to access the API | N/A | Required |
version | Version of the API | v1 | Required |
locationkey | Unique ID used to search for a specific location | N/A | Required |
format | Format of the response | JSON | Optional |
language | String indicating the language in which to return the resource | en-us | Optional |
details | Boolean value (true or false) that specifies whether or not to include a truncated version of the indices object or the full object (details = true) | false | Optional |
group id | Numeric id used to identify a group of related indices | No filter | Optional |
index id | Numeric id used to identify a specific index | No filter | Optional |
Daily Indices API Response Parameters
Parameter | Description |
Name | Name of the index |
ID | Numeric id used to identify the specific index |
Ascending | Bit that describes the direction of the index value. When true, the poorest value is 0, best value is 10. When false, the poorest value is 10, best value is 0 |
LocalDateTime | Valid datetime of the index displayed in ISO8601 format: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss±hh:mm |
EpochDateTime | Valid datetime for the index displayed as the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT) |
Value | Index value. Ranges from 0.0 to 10.0 |
Category | Level that the index value falls. Categories differ among indices |
CategoryValue | Level that the index value falls represented by an int. This value can be 1 through 5 and should be used in combination with the ascending flag because it can differ among indices |
Text | Sentence that can be used for display purposes to sum up the index value and category |
MobileLink | Link to indices on AccuWeather's mobile site for the requested location |
Link | Link to indices on AccuWeather's free site for the requested location |