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Pirate Weather

Get weather forecasts and historical weather data from Pirate Weather API

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Forecast → Get Forecast

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Overview

This node retrieves current and forecasted weather data for a specified location using the Pirate Weather API. It is useful for applications that need weather forecasts based on geographic coordinates, such as weather apps, travel planning tools, or environmental monitoring systems.

Use Case Examples

  1. Get a 7-day weather forecast for a city by providing its latitude and longitude.
  2. Exclude certain data blocks like alerts or minutely updates to reduce response size.
  3. Extend the hourly forecast to cover up to 168 hours for detailed planning.
  4. Customize the weather condition icons to a pirate-themed style for a unique UI experience.

Properties

Name Meaning
Latitude The latitude coordinate of the location for which to get the weather forecast.
Longitude The longitude coordinate of the location for which to get the weather forecast.
Additional Fields Optional parameters to customize the forecast response, including excluding specific data blocks, extending hourly forecast, choosing icon style, language, units, and API version.

Output

JSON

  • latitude - Latitude of the requested location.
  • longitude - Longitude of the requested location.
  • timezone - Timezone of the location.
  • currently - Current weather conditions (if not excluded).
  • minutely - Minutely weather data (if not excluded).
  • hourly - Hourly weather forecast data (if not excluded).
  • daily - Daily weather forecast data (if not excluded).
  • alerts - Weather alerts for the location (if not excluded).
  • flags - Additional metadata and information about the data source.

Dependencies

  • Pirate Weather API key credential

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure the API key credential is correctly configured and valid to avoid authentication errors.
  • Verify that latitude and longitude values are within valid ranges (-90 to 90 for latitude, -180 to 180 for longitude).
  • If the response is missing expected data blocks, check the 'Exclude' additional field to ensure those blocks are not excluded.
  • Timeout errors can occur if the API server is slow or unreachable; consider increasing the timeout setting in request options.
  • If SSL certificate validation fails, enabling 'Ignore SSL Issues' may help but use with caution due to security risks.

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