Rainbow.AI Snapshots API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Rainbow.AI Nowcast Snapshots API
  description: The Rainbow.AI Nowcast API delivers hyperlocal precipitation forecasts with minute-by-minute predictions for the next 4 hours at 1 km spatial resolution. It returns precipitation type and intensity for any global coordinate, updated every 10 minutes. Authentication is via API key in header or query parameter.
  version: '1.0'
  termsOfService: https://developer.rainbow.ai/terms-of-service
  contact:
    url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
  x-tags:
  - Weather
  - Nowcast
  - Precipitation
  - Forecasting
servers:
- url: https://api.rainbow.ai/v1
  description: Rainbow.AI Production API
security:
- ApiKeyHeader: []
- ApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Snapshots
  description: Map snapshot and static image operations
paths:
  /map/snapshot:
    get:
      operationId: getMapSnapshot
      summary: Get Map Snapshot
      description: Returns a static precipitation map image for a given bounding box, useful for generating weather map previews or thumbnails without a full mapping library integration.
      tags:
      - Snapshots
      parameters:
      - name: bbox
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 'Bounding box as comma-separated values: minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat'
        schema:
          type: string
          example: -74.1,40.6,-73.9,40.8
      - name: width
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Output image width in pixels
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 64
          maximum: 1024
          default: 256
      - name: height
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Output image height in pixels
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 64
          maximum: 1024
          default: 256
      - name: timestamp
        in: query
        required: false
        description: ISO 8601 timestamp for the desired forecast time
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Static PNG precipitation map snapshot
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity - invalid bounding box or parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error type identifier
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
      description: API key passed in the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key header
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: API key passed as a token query parameter