Get Daily Forecast

This endpoint gets the daily forecast using the AccuWeather API.

URL

https://{{HOST}}/weather/accuweather/forecast/daily/{postalcode}

Method

GET

Required IMS Scopes

  • weatherapi_all

URL Path Parameters

Name Description Example Type
postalCode
required		 Postal code to search for daily/53202 string

URL Query Parameters

Name Description Example Type
isoAlphaCode
optional		 ISO Alpha 2 string value representing the country code for the supplied postal (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 for list of country codes). Default value is ‘US’, if not provided. daily/160%2000?isoAlphaCode=CZ string
details
optional		 Boolean value specifies whether or not to include full details in the response. Default value is false, if not provided. daily/532302?details=true bool
metric
optional		 Boolean value specifies whether or not to display metric values. Default value is false, if not provided daily/532302?metric=true bool

Request Header Parameters

Type Value Description
Authorization Bearer {access_token}
required		 IMS access token

Example

Request

curl -X GET 
  'https://{{HOST}}/weather/AccuWeather/forecast/daily/53202' 
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}'

Response

{
    "Location": {
        "Version": 1,
        "Key": "23138_PC",
        "Type": "PostalCode",
        "Rank": 35,
        "LocalizedName": "Milwaukee",
        "EnglishName": "Milwaukee",
        "PrimaryPostalCode": "53202",
        "Region": {
            "ID": "NAM",
            "LocalizedName": "North America",
            "EnglishName": "North America"
        },
        "Country": {
            "ID": "US",
            "LocalizedName": "United States",
            "EnglishName": "United States"
        },
        "AdministrativeArea": {
            "ID": "WI",
            "LocalizedName": "Wisconsin",
            "EnglishName": "Wisconsin",
            "Level": 1,
            "LocalizedType": "State",
            "EnglishType": "State",
            "CountryID": "US"
        },
        "TimeZone": {
            "Code": "CDT",
            "Name": "America/Chicago",
            "GmtOffset": -5,
            "IsDaylightSaving": true,
            "NextOffsetChange": "2018-11-04T07:00:00Z"
        },
        "GeoPosition": {
            "Latitude": 43.045,
            "Longitude": -87.899,
            "Elevation": {
                "Metric": {
                    "Value": 188,
                    "Unit": "m",
                    "UnitType": 5
                },
                "Imperial": {
                    "Value": 616,
                    "Unit": "ft",
                    "UnitType": 0
                }
            }
        },
        "IsAlias": false,
        "ParentCity": {
            "Key": "351543",
            "LocalizedName": "Milwaukee",
            "EnglishName": "Milwaukee"
        },
        "SupplementalAdminAreas": [
            {
                "Level": 2,
                "LocalizedName": "Milwaukee",
                "EnglishName": "Milwaukee"
            }
        ],
        "DataSets": [
            "Alerts",
            "DailyAirQualityForecast",
            "DailyPollenForecast",
            "ForecastConfidence",
            "MinuteCast"
        ]
    },
    "DailyForecast": {
        "Headline": {
            "EffectiveDate": "2018-04-27T14:00:00-05:00",
            "EffectiveEpochDate": 1524855600,
            "Severity": 5,
            "Text": "Expect showers Friday afternoon",
            "Category": "rain",
            "EndDate": "2018-04-27T20:00:00-05:00",
            "EndEpochDate": 1524877200,
            "MobileLink": "http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/milwaukee-wi/53202/extended-weather-forecast/23138_pc?lang=en-us",
            "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/milwaukee-wi/53202/daily-weather-forecast/23138_pc?lang=en-us"
        },
        "DailyForecasts": [
            {
                "Date": "2018-04-25T07:00:00-05:00",
                "EpochDate": 1524657600,
                "Temperature": {
                    "Minimum": {
                        "Value": 35,
                        "Unit": "F",
                        "UnitType": 18
                    },
                    "Maximum": {
                        "Value": 50,
                        "Unit": "F",
                        "UnitType": 18
                    }
                },
                "Day": {
                    "Icon": 2,
                    "IconPhrase": "Mostly sunny"
                },
                "Night": {
                    "Icon": 33,
                    "IconPhrase": "Clear"
                },
                "Sources": [
                    "AccuWeather"
                ],
                "MobileLink": "http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/milwaukee-wi/53202/daily-weather-forecast/23138_pc?day=1&lang=en-us",
                "Link": "http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/milwaukee-wi/53202/daily-weather-forecast/23138_pc?day=1&lang=en-us"
            }
        ]
    }
}