bitsmanent / wapis

Simple and coherent interface on top of several weather APIs.

Weather APIs

Simple and coherent interface on top of several weather APIs.

Status

It's a bit more than a proof of concept so things may still change drastically. No help welcomed yet.

Interface

• wapis_services(): returns an array of services (names only)
• wapis_query($service, $latitude, $longitude, $count): query the given $service as for specified coordinates

The $service argument is a string representing the service (see services below). No explanation needed for $latitude and $longitude. The $count parameter set the number of records to retrieve, if supported by the services. Note that the $count parameter may not be honored.

A call to wapis_query() produces a response data like this:

[service] => forecast
[weather] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [ts] => 1426789436      /* Timestamp of the weather observation, if available */
                [temp] => 57.25         /* temperature in celsius degrees */
                [windspeed] => 4.10     /* wind speed in kmph */
            )
        ...

Optionally, the following keys may be provided:

• "current", filled with the current weather informations
• "hourly", filled with hourly forecast

More data and documentation will be added soon.

Services

Currently implemented services:

• Forecast.io
• OpenWeatherMap
• WorldWeatherOnline