Public APIs

openSenseMap

Weather

Data from Personal Weather Stations called senseBoxes

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📚 Documentation & Examples

Everything you need to integrate with openSenseMap

🚀 Quick Start Examples

openSenseMap Javascript Examplejavascript

// openSenseMap API Example
const response = await fetch('https://api.opensensemap.org/', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

The senseBox API offers a valuable resource for accessing real-time data from personal weather stations, known as senseBoxes. These innovative devices collect various environmental metrics, enabling developers, researchers, and businesses to integrate comprehensive weather data into their applications or services. By leveraging the OpenSenseMap platform, users can retrieve information such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, and more, facilitating informed decision-making and enhancing awareness of local weather conditions. With its user-friendly documentation and robust data offerings, the senseBox API is an ideal solution for anyone interested in environmental monitoring or creating interactive weather-related applications.

Utilizing the senseBox API presents numerous advantages, including the ability to access localized weather data directly from personal stations, fostering community engagement through citizen science, providing a flexible and scalable environment for data collection, enhancing application functionality with rich meteorological insights, and allowing developers to create customized weather solutions tailored to specific user needs. Below is a JavaScript example illustrating how to call the senseBox API to retrieve sensor data.

fetch('https://api.opensensemap.org/v0/sensors')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log('Sensor Data:', data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error('Error fetching data:', error);
  });