12 Nov
Retrieve Weather Conditions
The “Weather Conditions” action provides specific weather data for a given location, including temperature, humidity, wind chill, wind speed, wind direction, visibility and more.
Getting accurate weather information can be critical to many jobs, from transportation to law enforcement, emergency services, electric service, and more, along with outdoor events, activities and travel. Automating the delivery of this information within business automation apps can impact safety initiatives, prevent accidents, and optimize service delivery.
The “Weather Conditions” action in PowerTools returns up to the minute weather data for a given location, from a specific address to a general locality, in either Imperial or Metric units.
Parameters
| Title | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Location | source | string | Address or location |
Units | units | string | Imperial or Metric |
Response
Status | Title | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Success | Result | result | string | JSON object containing weather data |
Failure | Result | result | string | Error description |
How to retrieve weather conditions in Microsoft Power Automate
Instructions
- In the Flow designer, click the “+” icon to insert a new action.
- Select the “Weather – Weather Conditions” action under PowerTools in the “Choose an operation” dialog.
- Insert the necessary values or variables in each input field.
- Execute the flow.
Example
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How to retrieve weather conditions in Microsoft Power Apps
Instructions
- Add the PowerTools connector from the Data menu.
- In the formula for the control, variable or element, type “ApptigentPowerTools.WeatherConditions().result”. Within the parentheses, enter the field, control or variable that contains the source collection.
- Preview or run the app.
Example
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How to retrieve weather conditions in Nintex
Instructions
- Locate the “Apptigent PowerTools” group in the actions navigator then drag and drop the “Weather – Weather Conditions” action onto the design surface.
- Insert the necessary values or variables in each input field.
- Assign the result to a variable.
- Test the workflow.
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How to retrieve weather conditions in another Platform or Custom Code
Instructions
If your platform is not listed and it supports Open API (Swagger) extensions, import the API Definition document from the Developer Edition product on our Customer Portal at https://portal.apptigent.com/product (look for the Open API link at the top of the PowerTools Developer API definition page). Invoke the desired actions in your app or workflow design tool, supplying values for the listed parameters. Refer to the developer documentation on the Customer Portal for details on input and output formats.
If you are developing a custom app, execute a RESTful POST operation to the /CountCollection endpoint in your application code or use the pre-generated client scaffolding from our Github repo at https://github.com/apptigent/powertools. Be sure to include your API Key (Client ID) in the header using the “X-IBM-Client-Id” key/value pair. The body should be a well-formed JSON object with the parameter label(s) and value(s) in the specified format. Refer to the API documentation at https://portal.apptigent.com for more information.
Example
const request = require('request');
const options = {
method: 'POST',
url: 'https://connect.apptigent.com/api/utilities/WeatherConditions',
headers: {
'X-IBM-Client-Id': 'REPLACE_THIS_KEY',
'content-type': 'application/json',
accept: 'application/json'
},
body: {source: '15127 NE 24th Street, Redmond, WA 98052', units: 'Imperial'},
json: true
};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(body);
});
