OpenWeather data connector

The free current weather API of OpenWeather is used to fetch weather data for your subject(s). Please follow the instructions below to enable the connector.

Step 1: Send us an email

Send the following to support@blockbax.com:

• Your free API key from OpenWeather (sign up here). This is where you can find the API key after signing up:

• A Blockbax access key with only send measurements rights.
• Your Blockbax project ID, found here:

• The desired data interval. Choose between 1 minute and 24 hours.

That’s all and to make it even easier, here is an example that you can copypaste:

Hi Blockbax Support,

Here is the information to enable the weather connector:

• OpenWeather API key: [ONE TIME LINK TO YOUR KEY]
• Blockbax API key: [ONE TIME LINK TO YOUR KEY]
• Blockbax project ID: [PROJECT ID]
• Data interval: Every 15 minutes

Please let me know when the integration is running.

Blockbax Support will come back to you as soon as possible to provide you with the fee for running, maintaining, updating, and monitoring the weather connector for your subjects. The cost for this connector starts at €50/month, varying based on the number of subjects for which weather data is retrieved.

Step 2: Configure subject type

1. Create or edit a subject type and set the primary location:
   • If the primary location is set to Property, the location is derived from the subject’s property.
   • If the primary location is set to Metric, the latest location measurement of the subject is used.

If no location is linked to the subject, the subject will be skipped, and no data will be ingested.

2. Add one or multiple of the following metrics:

   Metric name	Data type	Unit	External ID	Note
   Feels like temperature	Number	°C	openweathermap_feels_like
   Humidity	Number	%	openweathermap_humidity
   Atmospheric pressure	Number	hPa	openweathermap_pressure
   Rain Volume (last hour)	Number	mm/h	openweathermap_rain_one_hour	Where available
   Snow Volume (last hour)	Number	mm/h	openweathermap_snow_one_hour	Where available
   Current temperature	Number	°C	openweathermap_temp
   Visibility	Number	meter	openweathermap_visibility
   Cloudiness	Number	%	openweathermap_cloudiness
   Weather description	Text	N/A	openweathermap_weather_description
   Wind direction	Number	°	openweathermap_wind_deg
   Wind gust speed	Number	meter/sec	openweathermap_wind_gust
   Wind speed	Number	meter/sec	openweathermap_wind_speed

Metric names can be arbitrarily chosen but the External ID should always be selected from the required format.

Step 3: Check if data is ingested

• Wait for a email from Blockbax Support that the integration is running.
• Check if the data is ingested correctly. Please contact us via support@blockbax.com if you find any issues.

Good luck with driving value from the weather data!