How to load weather data using LISP
LISP, which stands for List Processing, is a programming language known for its unique approach to data representation and manipulation through linked lists. Originally developed in the late 1950s, LISP has played a crucial role in the development of artificial intelligence and symbolic reasoning systems. One of its distinctive features is its homoiconic nature, where …
How to load weather data using Google’s Go language
Google Go, also referred to as Golang, is an open-source programming language developed by Google. Launched in 2009, Go was designed with a focus on simplicity, efficiency, and readability. It especially excels in building networked and distributed systems and is particularly known for its fast compilation speed. With a growing community and support from major …
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Using the Timeline Weather API with multiple locations in the same request
The Timeline Weather API permits a single location for each API request. In some situations, it is convenient to submit multiple locations in the same request rather than as separate API calls. This article describes how to use the Multiple Timeline Weather API endpoint to request weather data for multiple locations in the same call. …
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What is the difference between rain, sleet, snow and ice precipitation types?
The weather data returned by the Visual Crossing Weather API and Data Query Builder includes both the amount of precipitation and also the type of precipitation that occurred or is forecast to occur. In this article, we discuss the exact difference between the possible precipitation types that you may encounter. Where to find the precipitation …
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How to retrieve the Visual Crossing API Query String when using the Web Query Builder interface
For trouble shooting purposes it is often helpful and sometimes needed to have the exact query string at hand, which is send to Visual Crossing when using the Graphical User Interface of the Web Query Builder. This helps, amongst others, with identifying connectivity problems or interface compatibilities. Moreover it is needed by our data quality …
Bulk Weather Alerts API
The bulk weather alerts API endpoint allows authorized users to retrieve all the active weather alerts for a region or area. Please note: The Bulk Weather Alerts API is currently in testing and open to invited users only. If you would like to be considered for this testing, please send the details of your use …
Air Quality Elements in the Weather API
The Timeline Weather API offers optional air quality index elements. This article describes how to include them with your API request. Air Quality Elements are currently available globally with limited history and five day forecast (hourly or daily). Please note: The Air Quality Elements are currently in testing and open to all users to provide …
Weather Alerts
In addition to basic weather forecast information, we also support retrieving weather alerts for many locations. Weather alerts are alerts, warnings and other high priority information issued by local weather organizations that indicate severe weather or other weather conditions of note that the population should take action on or be aware of. Weather alerts are …
How do I run a weather API query using HTTP POST?
While it is very easy to run weather queries using HTTP GET requests, there are times when it is preferable or even necessary to use HTTP POST requests instead. While HTTP POST requests are a little more complicated to configure and execute, they are well within the reach of any modern script or language. Also, …
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How to load Visual Crossing weather data into Alibaba Cloud DataWorks
Aliaba Cloud DataWorks is an end-to-end big data development and governance platform that provides data warehousing, data lake, and data lakehouse solutions based on big data compute engines. Weather data is widely used in a variety of scenarios in data analytics and AI applications and hence often to be integrated in your data load scenarios. …
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