Openweathermap Api -

if response.status_code == 200: data = response.json() temp = data['main']['temp'] desc = data['weather'][0]['description'] print(f"CITY: temp°C, desc") else: print(f"Error response.status_code: response.json().get('message', 'Unknown error')")

Endpoint: /forecast

response = requests.get(URL)

| Plan | Rate Limit | Features | |-------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | Free | 60 calls/min | Current weather, 5-day forecast, air pollution | | Startup | 60 calls/min | + hourly forecast, 40+ years history | | Developer | 600 calls/min (or higher) | + daily forecast, weather maps, bulk download | | Professional| Custom | + unlimited API calls, enterprise SLAs |

Here’s a technical write-up on the , covering its features, usage, endpoints, and practical integration. Technical Write-Up: OpenWeatherMap API 1. Overview OpenWeatherMap is a popular online service that provides weather data, forecasts, and historical information via a RESTful API. It is widely used by developers, researchers, and businesses to integrate real-time and forecasted weather conditions into applications, dashboards, IoT devices, and automation systems. openweathermap api

Returns data every 3 hours for the next 5 days.

| Code | Meaning | |------|-----------------------------| | 200 | Success | | 400 | Bad request (invalid params)| | 401 | Invalid API key | | 404 | City/location not found | | 429 | Too many requests (rate limit exceeded)| | 500 | Server error | if response

curl "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Tokyo&units=metric&appid=YOUR_API_KEY"

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