Overview
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 Queries
For most of the images, all relevant information can be found in the OpenAPI documentation, which is linked on the Forecast Images and History & Climate Images pages.
Mandatory URL Query Parameters
| 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 URL Query Parameters
| 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, user defined forecast label, 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 | number of past days to include | &history_days=1 | 0 |
| forecast_days | number of days to include | &forecast_days=3 | 7.5 |
| dpi | resolution of the image in dots per inch | &dpi=100 | 72 |
*any combination of 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
Selectable units are not available for Sounding and Cross-sections currently.
Many image sets can be downloaded without the meteoblue logo by adding _nologo to the image's url.
http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_nologo
Exceptions: Meteogram Solar Season and all Picto*-Image-Sets.
Some images have additional variants, descriptions of which can be found on the following pages.