Getting started
API Overview
The Weather API provides accurate, real-time and forecasted weather data for various locations worldwide. It is designed to offer high-resolution weather data, including minute-by-minute forecast, precipitation maps.
This API is useful for applications that require detailed weather insights, such as mobile apps, travel planners, outdoor activity organizers, and emergency response systems.
Features
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Tiles - precipitation map tiles at various zoom levels.
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Nowcast - high resolution precipitation data for the next 4 hours.
Authentication
All requests to the Rainbow.ai API must include an authentication token to ensure secure access. To get token visit your profile page on the developer portal.\n\nYou can provide the token in one of the following ways:
- Header
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
- Query Parameter
https://api.rainbow.ai/v1/weather/map/snapshot?token=YOUR_API_KEY
If the authentication token is missing or invalid, the API will return a 401 Unauthorized response.