windy-api 0.1b1

Python Windy API package for interacting with the Windy API.

Windy API

Python Windy API package for interacting with the Windy API. Currently only supports access to the point forecast API.

Installation

python -m pip install windy_api

From source:

git clone https://github.com/stedonnelly/windy-api
cd windy-api
python -m pip install .

Usage

Quick Start

from windy_api import WindyAPI

# Initialize the client with your API key
api = WindyAPI(api_key="your_api_key_here")

# Get point forecast for San Francisco
response = api.get_point_forecast(
    latitude=37.7749,
    longitude=-122.4194,
    model="gfs",
    parameters=["temp", "wind"]
)

# Access forecast data
print(f"Timestamps: {response.ts}")
print(f"Temperature data: {response.get_data('temp-surface')}")
print(f"Temperature unit: {response.get_unit('temp-surface')}")

Available Weather Models

The following weather forecast models are supported:

• gfs - Global Forecast System (default)
• iconeu - ICON EU regional model
• gfs_wave - GFS Wave model
• namconus - NAM CONUS regional model
• namhawaii - NAM Hawaii regional model
• namalaska - NAM Alaska regional model
• cams - CAMS air quality model

Available Parameters

Common weather parameters you can request:

• temp - Temperature
• wind - Wind speed and direction (returns wind_u and wind_v components)
• windGust - Wind gusts
• dewpoint - Dew point temperature
• precip - Precipitation
• convPrecip - Convective precipitation
• snowPrecip - Snow precipitation
• cape - Convective Available Potential Energy
• pressure - Atmospheric pressure
• rh - Relative humidity
• lclouds, mclouds, hclouds - Low/medium/high clouds
• gh - Geopotential height
• ptype - Precipitation type

Detailed Examples

Multiple Parameters

# Request multiple weather parameters
response = api.get_point_forecast(
    latitude=40.7128,
    longitude=-74.0060,
    model="gfs",
    parameters=["temp", "dewpoint", "pressure", "rh", "precip"]
)

# Access each parameter
for timestamp in response.ts:
    print(f"Time: {timestamp}")

temp_data = response.get_data("temp-surface")
dewpoint_data = response.get_data("dewpoint-surface")
pressure_data = response.get_data("pressure-surface")

Working with Wind Data

# Wind returns u and v components
response = api.get_point_forecast(
    latitude=51.5074,
    longitude=-0.1278,
    model="gfs",
    parameters=["wind", "windGust"]
)

# Get wind components
wind_u = response.get_data("wind_u-surface")  # East-west component
wind_v = response.get_data("wind_v-surface")  # North-south component
wind_gust = response.get_data("windGust-surface")

Async Usage

import asyncio
from windy_api import WindyAPI

async def get_forecasts():
    api = WindyAPI(api_key="your_api_key_here")

    # Fetch multiple locations concurrently
    responses = await asyncio.gather(
        api.get_point_forecast_async(37.7749, -122.4194, "gfs", ["temp"]),
        api.get_point_forecast_async(40.7128, -74.0060, "gfs", ["temp"]),
        api.get_point_forecast_async(51.5074, -0.1278, "gfs", ["temp"])
    )

    return responses

# Run the async function
responses = asyncio.run(get_forecasts())

Using Environment Variables for API Key

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from windy_api import WindyAPI

# Load API key from .env file
load_dotenv()
api = WindyAPI(api_key=os.getenv("WINDY_API_KEY"))

response = api.get_point_forecast(
    latitude=48.8566,
    longitude=2.3522,
    model="iconeu",  # Use ICON EU model for Europe
    parameters=["temp", "precip", "wind"]
)

Error Handling

from httpx import HTTPStatusError

try:
    response = api.get_point_forecast(
        latitude=37.7749,
        longitude=-122.4194,
        model="gfs",
        parameters=["temp"]
    )
except HTTPStatusError as e:
    print(f"API request failed: {e.response.status_code}")
    print(f"Response: {e.response.text}")
except ValueError as e:
    print(f"Invalid parameters: {e}")

Getting Your API Key

To use this library, you need a Windy API key. Visit Windy API to register and obtain your API key.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions on how to contribute.

License

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.