Weatherstack is a real-time and historical weather data API. This source connector mainly syncs data from the Weatherstack API. The weatherstack API prepares reliable and accurate global weather data in applications and this API allows to get current, historical, location lookup, and weather forecast. The Forecast API which is available on the Professional plan and higher. You can easily get accurate weather information instantly for any location in the world in lightweight JSON format through WeatherStack API.
A communication solutions agency, Kafka is a cloud-based / on-prem distributed system offering social media services, public relations, and events. For event streaming, three main functionalities are available: the ability to (1) subscribe to (read) and publish (write) streams of events, (2) store streams of events indefinitely, durably, and reliably, and (3) process streams of events in either real-time or retrospectively. Kafka offers these capabilities in a secure, highly scalable, and elastic manner.
1. Go to the Weatherstack website and create an account if you haven't already done so.
2. Once you have an account, log in to your Weatherstack dashboard.
3. Click on the "API" tab in the top navigation menu.
4. Under the "API Access" section, you will see your API key. Copy this key to your clipboard.
5. Go to your Airbyte dashboard and click on "Sources" in the left-hand navigation menu.
6. Click on the "New Source" button in the top right-hand corner of the page.
7. Select "Weatherstack" from the list of available connectors.
8. Enter a name for your source and paste your Weatherstack API key into the "API Key" field.
9. Click on the "Test" button to ensure that your credentials are correct and that Airbyte can connect to your Weatherstack account.
10. If the test is successful, click on the "Create" button to save your source.
11. You can now use your Weatherstack source to create a new Airbyte pipeline and start syncing your data.
1. First, you need to have an Apache Kafka destination connector installed on your system. If you don't have it, you can download it from the Apache Kafka website.
2. Once you have the Apache Kafka destination connector installed, you need to create a new connection in Airbyte. To do this, go to the Connections tab and click on the "New Connection" button. 3. In the "New Connection" window, select "Apache Kafka" as the destination connector and enter the required connection details, such as the Kafka broker URL, topic name, and authentication credentials.
4. After entering the connection details, click on the "Test Connection" button to ensure that the connection is working properly.
5. If the connection test is successful, click on the "Save" button to save the connection.
6. Once the connection is saved, you can create a new pipeline in Airbyte and select the Apache Kafka destination connector as the destination for your data.
7. In the pipeline configuration, select the connection you created in step 3 as the destination connection.
8. Configure the pipeline to map the source data to the appropriate Kafka topic and fields.
9. Once the pipeline is configured, you can run it to start sending data to your Apache Kafka destination.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Weatherstack's API provides access to a wide range of weather data, including:
- Current weather conditions: temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction, visibility, cloud cover, and more.
- Historical weather data: past weather conditions for a specific location and date range.
- Forecast data: weather predictions for a specific location and date range.
- UV index: the level of ultraviolet radiation at a specific location.
- Air quality index: the level of air pollution at a specific location.
- Weather alerts: notifications of severe weather conditions, such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
- Astronomical data: sunrise and sunset times, moon phase, and more.
In addition to these categories of data, Weatherstack's API also provides location data, such as latitude and longitude coordinates, city and country names, and time zone information. This data can be used to customize weather reports for specific locations and to provide accurate weather information to users around the world.