Introduction
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For all product information and Image API purchases, please consult the Image API product page.
This page here and the following subpages contain all technical information about the Image API.
meteoblue offers special charts for agronomy or aviation. The API generates PNG images on request.
API Parameters
Mandatory Settings
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| lat | Latitude coordinate in WGS84 | &lat=47.5584 |
| lon | Longitude coordinate in WGS84 | &lon=7.57327 |
| apikey | Personal API key | &apikey=DEMOKEY |
Optional Settings
| Parameter | Description | Example | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sig | Signature for increased security | &sig=83190bd.... | none |
| asl | altitude above sea level in meters | &asl=279 | API elevation model |
| tz | time zone | &tz=Europe%2FZurich | local time |
| city | location name, label your forecast, has no effect on data | &city=Basel | none |
| look | selectable units* | &look= FAHRENHEIT_INCH_MILE_PER_HOUR | °C, mm, m/s |
| lang | language | &lang=en | en |
| history_days | the number of past days to include | &history_days=1 | 0 |
| forecast_days | the number of days to include | &forecast_days=3 | 7.5 |
*all combinations from temperature, wind and precipitation units possible, separated by underscore.
Selectable Units
- Temperature units: Celsius; FAHRENHEIT
- Wind speed units: KNOT; METER_PER_SECOND; KILOMETER_PER_HOUR; MILE_PER_HOUR; BEAUFORT
- Precipitation units: INCH; MILLIMETER
- Available languages: en=English; de=German; fr=French; it=Italian; es=Spanish; pt=Portuguese; ro=Romanian; ru=Russian; nl=Dutch; tr=Turkish; hu=Hungarian; bg=Bulgarian; ar=Arabian; cs=Czech; el=Greece; ka = Georgian; pl=Polish; sk=Slovak; sr=Serbian
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Selectable units are not available for Sounding and Cross-sections currently.
Almost all of the images described below are also available in high-definition quality. Add _hd to the images urls to use the high definition version, ie:
http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_hd
In the same way, many image sets can be downloaded without the meteoblue logo by adding _nologo to the images url.
http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_nologo
Exeptions: Meteogram Solar Season and all Picto* -Image-Sets at the End of this documentation.
Some images have even more variants, which all are mentioned below.