AccuWeather - Get weather

Use the AccuWeather - Get weather action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to retrieve the weather conditions for the location you specify.

For more information about the connector, go to AccuWeather .

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Configure the AccuWeather - Get weather action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  1. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  2. Specify the Search filter to narrow down the list of locations.
  3. Specify the Location you want the current weather conditions for.

AccuWeather - Get weather action fields and settings

Section

Field

Description

Variable types

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Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The AccuWeather connection to use to retrieve the current weather conditions.

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Search filter Specify a location or city name, and a state code or country code. The information you specify here filters the list of locations available in the location field, preventing duplicates. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Location

This is the list of locations or cities filtered by the data in the search filter field.

 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Current weather

Stores the result of the action in a collection variable that includes the following variables:

  • Local date and time: (DateTime) DateTime of the current observation, displayed in ISO8601 format.
  • Weather summary: (Text) Phrase description of the current weather condition.
  • Has precipitation: (Boolean) Flag indicating the presence or absence of precipitation. True indicates the presence of precipitation, false indicates the absence of precipitation.
  • Temperature: (Object) Degrees measure of hotness or coldness.
    • Metric: (Object)
      • Value: (Decimal) Rounded value in specified units.
      • Unit: (Text) Type of unit.
    • Imperial: (Object)
      • Value: (Decimal) Rounded value in specified units.
      • Unit: (Text) Type of unit.
  • Mobile link: (Text) Link to current conditions for the requested location on AccuWeather`s mobile site.
  • Link: (Text) Link to current conditions for the requested location on AccuWeather`s web site.
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