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