AccuWeather APIs free tier allows 50 calls per day. What about bumping that number to 100k ?
After sraping weather.com in this repo: weather.com-scraper, I realised that AccuWeather has all the information we need on the default page, and getting the location is fairly easy.
Test it here: https://accuweather.victr.me/
This api may be subject to change. Do not use https://*.victr.* urls in production !
| Query | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lat | Float | Latitude coordinates |
| lon | Float | Longitude coordinates |
| unit | "c" or "f" | Use celsius or football fields. Defaults to "C" |
| lang | string | A 2 character language code. Defaults to "en" |
A single JSON object from all the information available on the "weather-forecast" page.
const example = {
lat: '50.690',
lon: '3.175',
city: 'Roubaix',
region: 'Nord',
link: 'https://www.accuweather.com/en/fr/roubaix/135632/weather-forecast/135632',
now: {
icon: 1,
temp: 24,
feels: 25,
description: 'Ensoleillé',
},
sun: {
duration: '14 h 48 min',
rise: 1714537260000,
set: 1714590540000,
},
hourly: [
{
timestamp: 1714564800000,
temp: 24,
rain: '0%',
},
],
daily: [
{
timestamp: 1714564800000,
high: 24,
low: 12,
day: 'Nuages et soleil, devenant plus chaud et agréable',
night: 'Averses le soir; sinon, plutôt nuageux',
rain: '10%',
},
],
}Here is an example on how you can use this in a Typescript codebase:
let json: AccuWeather.Data
try {
const response = await fetch('your-endpoint.worker.dev')
json = await response.json()
} catch (e) {
console.log('Witness my error handling skills')
}namespace AccuWeather {
export interface Data {
lat: number
lon: number
city: string
region: string
link: string
now: Now
sun: Sun
today?: Today
hourly: Hourly[]
daily: Daily[]
}
export type Today = {
day: string
night: string
high: number
low: number
}
export type Now = {
icon: number
temp: number
feels: number
description: string
}
export type Sun = {
duration: string
rise: number
set: number
}
export type Hourly = {
timestamp: number
temp: number
rain: string
}
export type Daily = {
timestamp: number
high: number
low: number
day: string
night: string
rain: string
}
}/**
* @typedef {Object} AccuWeather
* @prop {string} city - City location found by the provider
* @prop {string} region - Region can be a district or a state
* @prop {string} link - AccuWeather URL to access data
* @prop {Now} now - Current weather information, with felt temperature
* @prop {Sun} sun - Current day sun time information
* @prop {Today} [today] - Today's information. Only available in english
* @prop {Hourly[]} hourly - 12 hours of hourly forecasted temperature and rain
* @prop {Daily[]} daily - 10 days of daily forecast, similar to "today"
*/
/**
* @typedef {Object} Today
* @prop {string} day - Description of today's weather
* @prop {string} night - Description of tonight's weather
* @prop {number} high - Expected temperature high for today
* @prop {number} low - Expected temperature low for today
*/
/**
* @typedef {Object} Now
* @prop {number} icon - Icon ID, more here: https://developer.accuweather.com/weather-icons
* @prop {number} temp - Classic temperature
* @prop {number} feels - Felt temperature, using RealFeel® tech
* @prop {string} description - Short weather description
*/
/**
* @typedef {Object} Sun
* @prop {string} duration - A string for the time between sunrise and sunset
* @prop {number} rise - Sunrise timestamp today
* @prop {number} set - Sunset timestamp today
*/
/**
* @typedef {Object} Hourly
* @prop {number} timestamp - Unix timestamp
* @prop {number} temp - Classic temperature
* @prop {string} rain - Percent chance of rain
*/
/**
* @typedef {Object} Daily
* @prop {number} timestamp - Unix timestamp
* @prop {number} high - Highest temperature this day
* @prop {number} low - Lowest temperature this day
* @prop {string} day - Weather description for the day
* @prop {string} night - Weather description for the night
* @prop {string} rain - Percent chance of rain
*/Same as weather.com-scraper
Using Cloudflare Workers, you can get 100k request per day without even adding a payment option. Deploying this worker is very simple:
- Install Node on your system: https://nodejs.org/en/download
- Create an account on Cloudflare in https://dash.cloudflare.com
- Download this repo as a .zip by clicking the green button
- Extract these files and open a terminal in this folder
- Run this command
npm install --global wrangler@latest - And deploy with
wrangler deploy
npm install --global wrangler@latest
# ... npm stuff
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wrangler deploy
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# https://accuweather-scraper.your-account.workers.devThis piece of software is not in agreement with AccuWeather's Term of Use:
- Permitted Uses. You may download, view, copy and print Products incorporated in or accessed through this Site subject to the following: (1) the Products may be used solely for personal, informational, internal purposes and may not be re-distributed without the express written permission of AccuWeather
I will be happy to nuke this code if someone from AccuWeather legal team decides to send scrary letters or emails. Disclamer, I do not reside in a lawsuit-friendly country.