Howdy, wilders! Remember, those are just a few usage tips and examples for the Windy&MET APIs, and as always, you should read the docs!

• API docs

  • 1. Windy API

    • 1.1. Setup
    • 1.2. Usage

  • 2. MET API

The Windy API offers several services. We'll focus on the Webcams API.

First you have to create an account.

Then you can login.

Then you can manage your API keys: on this page, you get a list of your API keys. Click Create a new API key. Leave "Domains restriction" empty; under "Project identification", you may set an URL, or more simply, a "dummy" identifier, e.g. MyHackathonProject.

First, head to the Webcams API documentation.

It offers many "endpoints" (URLs) as you can see.

You probably will need to explore two types of endpoints:

• endpoints that give a list of webcams, e.g. (in the following URLs, replace YOUR_API_KEY by your own key):

  • by country; for example, to get all webcams in Germany: https://api.windy.com/api/webcams/v2/list/country=DE?key=YOUR_API_KEY
  • by geographical locationi; for example, to get all webcams around the eastern French-Spanish border: https://api.windy.com/api/webcams/v2/list/nearby=42.44,3.14,100?key=YOUR_API_KEY
  • of course, you should have a look at the other endpoints!

• endpoint that gives details on one or more webcams; for example, to get details for a webcam located on the "Pic du Midi", in the Pyrenees: https://api.windy.com/api/webcams/v2/list/webcam=1259146823?show=webcams:image,location,player&key=YOUR_API_KEY. This endpoint returns an object containing deeply nested data! In this example, you would need to get use one of the "embed" links as a src attribute for an <iframe> tag. Here's how you'd get the data:

  • JS - assuming data is what you got via res.json() (fetch) or res.data (axios): data.result.webcams[0].player.lifetime.embed.
  • PHP - assuming $data is obtained by decoding Guzzle's response as an object via json_decode($response->getBody()): $data->result->webcams[0]->player->lifetime->embed.

Good news: you don't need an API key for this one! So, head straight to the documentation.

Here are a few examples:

• You can get all the objects referenced in the API via this endpoint: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects. ⚠️ This is probably a bad idea, since you will get a fairly large amount of data (2.5Mb), and it could slow down your app.
• Another way to access objects is to use the "search" endpoint. E.g. if you want all paintings depicting sunsets, and with images, you would call: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/search?medium=Paintings&hasImages=true&q=sunset.
• Then you can call another endpoint to get details of an object, via its id, e.g.: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436329. The data you get is quite easy to use (hint: look at the primaryImage and primaryImageSmall for pictures...).