Xweather Tropical API

Tropical cyclone and hurricane data

Operations 1

GET /tropical/cyclones List Tropical Cyclones #

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OpenAPI Specification

xweather-tropical-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Xweather Weather Air Quality Tropical API
  description: The Xweather Weather API provides real-time and historical weather data including current conditions, forecasts, severe weather alerts, lightning data, air quality, maritime weather, and more. Backed by Vaisala, Xweather delivers science-backed hyper-local weather intelligence through a RESTful interface. Authentication uses a client ID and client secret passed as query parameters or HTTP headers.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Xweather Support
    url: https://www.xweather.com/support
  termsOfService: https://www.xweather.com/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://data.api.xweather.com
  description: Xweather Weather API base URL
security:
- clientAuth: []
tags:
- name: Tropical
  description: Tropical cyclone and hurricane data
paths:
  /tropical/cyclones:
    get:
      operationId: listTropicalCyclones
      summary: List Tropical Cyclones
      description: Returns active and archive information on global tropical cyclones including category, track, and intensity data.
      tags:
      - Tropical
      parameters:
      - name: client_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your Xweather API client ID.
      - name: client_secret
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your Xweather API client secret.
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - archive
        description: Filter by active or archive cyclones.
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Maximum number of cyclones to return.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tropical cyclone data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TropicalCyclonesResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    TropicalCyclonesResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
      - type: object
        properties:
          response:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
                basin:
                  type: string
                category:
                  type: string
                status:
                  type: string
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code string.
          example: invalid_client
        description:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
          example: Invalid client ID or secret.
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request was successful.
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      required:
      - success
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - invalid client ID or secret
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    clientAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: client_id
      description: Xweather uses client_id and client_secret query parameters for authentication. Both are required on every request.