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Gary Beardsley
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Hi All,

Has someone successfully connected and ingested weather data to Board via an API? If so how did you do so?

 

Thanks in advance

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  • Samson Sunny
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    Hi Gary,

    You can use the REST API call procedure action that can directly connect to an external API endpoint. There are two steps involved here:-

    1. Create a Data Source connection that will handle the authentication to the API endpoint. This is configured in the system administration
    2. Once the authentication is configured, you need to create a procedure and add the REST API call procedure action to configure the rest of the settings, such as the API path, HTTP method, parameters etc.

    You can find in detailed information on the REST API call in our Board Manual
    https://www.boardmanual.com/2023/summer/release-notes/board-2023-spring-release-release-notes/release-notes/main-features/rest-api-call-procedure-step.htm

    Do reach out to the Level 3 support team via https://support.board.com if you need help configuring the same.

    Thanks,
    Samson.

  • Samson Sunny
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    Hi Gary,

    Below is an example configuration to an open-source weather API

    • Create a Data Source connection that will handle the authentication to the API endpoint
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    • You can choose to add the API base url here or specify the API endpoint directly in the REST API call procedure step.
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    • Create a procedure and add the REST API call step
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    • You can add the rest of the API endpoint in the API path
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    • You can either include the additional parameters in the API path or the parameters section as shown below.
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    • Finally specify the path where the output should be saved. This file then can be loaded into Board via the Data Reader.

    Thanks,
    Samson.

  • Crystal Zhao
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    I haven't personally used this one, but I have heard good things about Accuweather's API. Here's a link to the guide to set it all up. The information Samson provided will show you where in Board to put the appropriate links. https://developer.accuweather.com/apis

  • Gary Beardsley
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    Great! Thanks a lot both

  • Gary Beardsley
    Gary Beardsley Employee
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    Great! Thanks a lot both

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