OpenWeather - Get current weather

Use the OpenWeather - Get current 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 current weather conditions for the city you specify. For more information about the OpenWeather connector, go to OpenWeather

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Configure the OpenWeather - Get current 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.

  2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Specify the City name you want the current weather conditions for.
  2. Create or select a variable for the output.

OpenWeather - Get current weather action fields and settings

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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 OpenWeather connection to use to retrieve the current weather conditions.

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City name Specify either just a city name, or a city name, state code, and country code. Searching by states is only available for locations in the USA.
If specifying the city name, state code, and country code, separate the values by comma, and use ISO 3166 country codes (for example, USA or ZA). If you specify this location in a language other than English, the API response is in the same language as the language of requested location name, if the location is in OpenWeather's predefined list of locations.		 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Unit of measurement

Choose whether you want the units of measurement to be in metric, imperial or standard (Kelvin). For example, temperature is available in Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin units. For more information see Units of measurement.

  • For temperature in Fahrenheit use imperial.
  • For temperature in Celsius use metric.
  • Temperature in Kelvin is used by default.
 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Current weather

Stores the result of the action as an object with the following variables:

  • City ID: (Integer) Unique city ID.
  • City Name: (Text) The name of the city.
  • Weather: (Collection)
    • Summary: (Text) Summary of current conditions. For example, Clear, Snow, Extreme.
    • Description: (Text) A description of the current conditions that expands on the summary. For example, "Thunderstorms with high winds". This description is presented in the language detected for the City name input.
  • Weather conditions: (Object)
    • Temperature: (Decimal) Current temperature, returned in the unit specified. Kelvin is the default unit.
    • Pressure: (Integer) Atmospheric pressure in hPa.
    • Humidity: (Integer) Percentage humidity.
    • Minimum temperature: (Decimal) Minimum temperature at the moment. This is minimal currently observed temperature within large megalopolises and urban areas.
    • Maximum temperature: (Decimal) Maximum temperature at the moment. This is maximal currently observed temperature within large megalopolises and urban areas.
  • Visibility: (Integer) The current visibility in meters.
  • Wind: (Object)
    • Speed: (Decimal) Wind speed. Unit default: meter/sec. Metric: meter/sec. Imperial: miles/hour.
    • Direction: (Integer) Wind direction in meteorological degrees. For example, 270 degrees.
  • Clouds: (Object)
    • Cloudiness: (Integer) The percentage of cloud coverage.
  • Time of data calculation: (Integer) The time the data was retrieved, in UTC.
 Object