Weather Forecast
Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast
This API allows the system to fetch two weeks of weather information for specific region. 

 It is used in job scheduling and viewed on header of pages. 

 The weather API is free up to 1000 requests per day from Visual Crossing Weather 

 The system collects the following: 

 

 

 

 1 

 Weather type - Rain, sunny 

 

 

 2 

 Weather description 

 

 

 3 

 Minimum and Maximum  temperature  for the day 

 

 

 

 Before setting up the API, one needs to sign up for an account 

 To access the weather website, go to Weather forecast or https://www.visualcrossing.com/  to sign up. 

   

 At the website - click on create new account or sign up 

   

 Follow the steps 

   

 Confirm your password 

   

 Agree to the terms 

   

 Enter a reason 

   

 Sign into the account. 

 The Key is very important as we will use this in the setup 

   

 Go to System Configuration > Security > API setup 

 Click on Add to add in Visual Crossing Weather API 

   

 Fill in the information 

 It is important to add in the Config the following 

 

 

 

 ;collection 

 

 

 key = ........(paste key here from website signup) 

 

 

 

 Proceed to Weather Region setup manual - Access here