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Python Weather API - Pyweatherbit

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This is a wrapper for the Weatherbit API.

The Weatherbit IO allows you to access forecasts, current data, and historical data. This library wraps this functionality, and makes it accessible with Python.

Installation

You should use pip to install pyweatherbit.

• To install: pip install pyweatherbit
• To remove: pip uninstall pyweatherbit

Requirements

• You need an API key to use it. Sign up for the free api key to get started.

Basic Use

For additional information, refer to the Weatherbit.io API documentation .

To use the wrapper:

	from weatherbit.api import Api
	api_key = "YOUR API KEY"
	lat = 35.50
	lon = -78.50

	api = Api(api_key)

	# Currently supported tp options (time period):
	# History: daily, hourly, subhourly
	# AGWeather History: daily, hourly
	# Forecast: daily, hourly, minutely
	# Air quality: hourly
	# Will only affect forecast requests.

	### Forecasts (daily)

	# Query by lat/lon - get extended forecast out to 240 hours (default 48 hours)
	api.get_forecast(lat=lat, lon=lon, days=10, tp='daily').get()

	# You can also query by city:
	api.get_forecast(city="Raleigh,NC", days=10, tp='daily').get()

	# Or City, state, and country:
	api.get_forecast(city="Raleigh", state="North Carolina", country="US", days=10, tp='daily').get()

	# Or Postal code:
	# See documentation for field names: https://www.weatherbit.io/api
	api.get_forecast(postal_code="27601", country="US", days=10, tp='daily').get(['high_temp','low_temp','precip','weather'])

	### Forecasts (hourly)

	# Query by lat/lon - get extended forecast out to 240 hours (default 48 hours)
	api.get_forecast(lat=lat, lon=lon, hours=240, tp='hourly').get()

	# Or Postal code:
	api.get_forecast(postal_code="27601", country="US", hours=240, tp='hourly').get()


	### Forecasts (hourly - Air quality)
	# Get an hourly air quality forecast for a lat/lon
	api.get_forecast(source='airquality', lat=lat, lon=lon, tp='hourly').get()

	### Forecasts (minutely / Nowcast)

	# Query by lat/lon - get 60 minute precip nowcast.
	api.get_forecast(lat=lat, lon=lon, tp='minutely').get()

	### HISTORY

	# Get sub-hourly history by lat/lon, with imperial units.
	# get time series of temperature, precipitation, and rh:
	api.get_history(lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-02', tp='subhourly', units="I").get(['precip','temp','rh'])
	# Or get all values. This time with metric units.
	api.get_history(lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-02', tp='subhourly', units="M").get()

	# Get daily history by lat/lon
	api.get_history(lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-02', tp='daily').get()

	# Get historical air quality data
	api.get_history(source='airquality', lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-02', tp='hourly').get()

	# Get daily climate normals for March for location:
	api.get_normals(lat=lat, lon=lon, start_day='03-01',end_day='04-01', tp='daily').get()

	# Get daily climate normals for September - December for location:
	# Select a few fields.
	api.get_normals(lat=lat, lon=lon, start_day='09-01',end_day='01-01', tp='monthly').get(['max_temp', 'min_temp', 'precip'])

	# Get daily historical AGWeather data. Select a few fields.
	api.get_history(source='agweather', lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-10', tp='daily').get(['evapotranspiration', 'soilt_0_10cm', 'v_soilm_0_10cm'])

	# Get hourly historical AGWeather data. This time, get all fields.
	api.get_history(source='agweather', lat=lat, lon=lon, start_date='2024-02-01',end_date='2024-02-10', tp='hourly').get()


	### Current Conditions

	# Get current air quality. Select a few fields.
	api.get_current(source='airquality', lat=lat, lon=lon).get(['aqi','pm10','pm25'])

	# Get current conditions for select fields.
	api.get_current(lat=lat, lon=lon).get(['weather','temp','precip'])

	# Or simply get() for all values. This time with imperial units.
	api.get_current(lat=lat, lon=lon, units="I").get()

	# Get weather alerts for a location
	api.get_alerts(lat=lat, lon=lon).get()

	# Get current conditions with alerts, and a minutely forecast for a location
	api.get_current(lat=lat, lon=lon, include="alerts,minutely").get()

	...

Advanced

function weatherbit.Api.get_forecast(lat=..., lon=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Forecast object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• lat - The latitude of the location for the forecast
• lon - The longitude of the location for the forecast
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'minutely', 'hourly' or 'daily'.

function weatherbit.Api.get_forecast(city=..., state=..., country=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Forecast object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• city - The City to search by. This can be appended with a state like -> "City,ST".
• state - (optional) State of location.
• country - (optional) Country of location
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'minutely', 'hourly' or 'daily'.

function weatherbit.Api.get_forecast(postal_code=..., country=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Forecast object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• postal_code - postal code.
• country - (recommended) Country of location
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'minutely', 'hourly' or 'daily'.

function weatherbit.Api.get_history(lat=..., lon=..., start_date=..., end_date=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a History object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• start_date - Start date of data
• end_date - End date of data
• lat - The latitude of the location
• lon - The longitude of the location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'hourly' or 'daily' or 'subhourly'.

function weatherbit.Api.get_history(city=..., state=..., country=..., start_date=..., end_date=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a History object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• start_date - Start date of data
• end_date - End date of data
• city - The City to search by. This can be appended with a state like -> "City,ST".
• state - (optional) State of location.
• country - (optional) Country of location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'hourly' or 'daily' or 'subhourly'.

function weatherbit.Api.get_history(postal_code=..., country=..., start_date=..., end_date=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a History object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• start_date - Start date of data
• end_date - End date of data
• postal_code - postal code.
• country - (recommended) Country of location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" or "agweather" - to return airquality/agweather data instead.
• tp - (optional) A string denoting the time period of data 'hourly' or 'daily' or 'subhourly'.

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function weatherbit.Api.get_current(postal_code=..., country=..., start_date=..., end_date=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Current Data object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• postal_code - postal code.
• country - (recommended) Country of location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" - to return airquality data instead.
• include - (optional) comma separated value of extra data responses to include. Ie. "alerts" or "minutely", or both "alerts,minutely". "alerts" being severe weather alerts, and "minutely" being a minutely nowcast.

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function weatherbit.Api.get_current(lat=..., lon=..., country=..., start_date=..., end_date=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Current Data object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• lat - The latitude of the location
• lon - The longitude of the location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" - to return airquality data instead.
• include - (optional) comma separated value of extra data responses to include. Ie. "alerts" or "minutely", or both "alerts,minutely". "alerts" being severe weather alerts, and "minutely" being a minutely nowcast.

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function weatherbit.Api.get_current(city=..., state=..., country=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Current Data object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• city - The City to search by. This can be appended with a state like -> "City,ST".
• state - (optional) State of location.
• country - (optional) Country of location
• units - (optional) A string of the preferred units of measurement. Choices are currently 'S' for scientific, 'M' for Metric, or 'I' for imperial units.
• source - (optional) "airquality" - to return airquality data instead.
• include - (optional) comma separated value of extra data responses to include. Ie. "alerts" or "minutely", or both "alerts,minutely". "alerts" being severe weather alerts, and "minutely" being a minutely nowcast.

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function weatherbit.Api.get_alerts(lat=... , lon=...)

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This makes an API request and returns a Alert object (see below).

Parameters:

• key - Your API key from https://www.weatherbit.io.
• lat - The latitude of the location for the forecast
• lon - The longitude of the location for the forecast

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function weatherbit.Models.Current.get(api_vars=[])

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Gets data from Current Weather API Response (weatherbit.Api.get_current).

Parameters:

• api_vars - Optional list of vars to retrieve from API.

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function weatherbit.Models.Alert.get()

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Gets data from Current Weather API Response (weatherbit.Api.get_current).

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function weatherbit.Models.Forecast.get(api_vars=[])

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Gets data from Forecast API Response (weatherbit.Api.get_forecast).

Parameters:

• api_vars - Optional list of vars to retrieve from API.

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function weatherbit.Models.History.get(api_vars=[])

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Gets data from History Weather API Response (weatherbit.Api.get_history).

Parameters:

• api_vars - Optional list of vars to retrieve from API.

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function weatherbit.Models.Normals.get(api_vars=[])

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Gets data from Normals API Response (weatherbit.Api.get_normals).

Parameters:

• api_vars - Optional list of vars to retrieve from API.

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