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OpenWeather API

Pulls real time weather, air quality, and UV data into your workflows to trigger location based alerts and automate operational schedules.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native OpenWeather API integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right OpenWeather API calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your OpenWeather API data, across all 21 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke OpenWeather API access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in OpenWeather API, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when OpenWeather API is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach OpenWeather API.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every OpenWeather API action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on OpenWeather API, and when to use it.

Get current weather
Pull up to the minute weather conditions for a specific location to determine immediate operational viability.
Get 5 day forecast
Retrieve weather forecasts in 3 hour increments for the next 5 days to plan upcoming schedules.
Get direct geocoding
Convert a city name or address into latitude and longitude coordinates for use in other weather calls.
Get reverse geocoding
Convert coordinates into a readable city and country name to label weather data in reports.
Get current air pollution
Fetch real time air quality data by coordinates to trigger health warnings for outdoor staff.
Get air pollution forecast
Predict air quality levels for a specific location to plan outdoor activity windows.
Get air pollution history
Retrieve past air quality levels for a coordinate and time range for compliance auditing.
Get current UV index
Pull the current UV index by coordinates to automate sun protection alerts.
Get UV index forecast
Retrieve upcoming UV index values for the next 8 days to plan outdoor event safety.
Get UV index history
Analyze past UV exposure trends for a specific location and time period.
Get circle city weather
Search for current weather in cities within a specific radius of a geographic point.
Get weather map tile
Fetch dynamic weather layer images at specific zoom levels for visual dashboards.
Add weather station
Register a new physical weather station to your account to begin sending custom data.
Update weather station
Modify the name, location, or external ID of an existing registered weather station.
Delete weather station
Remove a registered weather station from your account after it is no longer in use.
Get weather triggers
Retrieve weather triggers based on specific condition criteria you have defined.
Get Current Air Pollution Data
Tool to fetch current air pollution data for a location. use when you need real time air quality details by latitude and longitude.
Get Weather Map Tile (2.0)
Tool to fetch weather maps 2.0 tile images. use when you need dynamic weather layers at specific zoom and coordinates with advanced styling options.
Get Weather Stations
Tool to list all weather stations added to your account. use after setting up your openweather api key.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven uses a two step process to ensure accuracy. Most weather endpoints in OpenWeather require precise latitude and longitude rather than city names. When you provide a city or address, Ceven first calls the Direct Geocoding tool to translate that string into coordinates. Once the coordinates are retrieved, the agent passes them into the specific weather, pollution, or UV index tool you requested. This prevents errors caused by cities with identical names in different countries. All coordinate pairs are passed as floating point numbers to maintain the precision required by the OpenWeather API for hyper local results.
Yes. You can build a workflow that iterates through a list of cities stored in your database or a spreadsheet. The agent will loop through each location, perform the geocoding step, and then pull the current weather or forecast. You can set up logic to only notify you if a specific condition is met, such as temperature dropping below freezing or wind speeds exceeding a certain threshold. This allows for regional monitoring without manual checks. The agent can then aggregate these findings into a single summary report sent to your email or Slack channel every morning.
The current weather tool provides a snapshot of the atmosphere at the exact moment of the request, including current temperature, humidity, and wind. The 5 day forecast tool provides data in 3 hour blocks, which is critical for planning. If you need to know if it is raining right now to stop a shipment, use the current weather tool. If you need to know if it will rain tomorrow morning to reschedule a delivery, use the forecast tool. Ceven can combine both to give you a current state and a trend analysis in one response.
Yes, the frequency of calls depends on your OpenWeather subscription tier. A critical quirk of the OpenWeather API is that different data sets have different rate limits. For example, the Free tier has a strict limit on calls per minute and does not include access to certain historical data or the 16 day forecast. If your workflow exceeds these limits, OpenWeather returns a 429 error. Ceven handles this by implementing a retry logic with exponential backoff, but for high volume enterprise needs, you must ensure your OpenWeather API key is associated with a paid plan that supports your request volume.
Ceven can automate the monitoring of both air pollution and UV indices. By setting up a scheduled workflow, the agent can poll the Air Pollution and UV Index endpoints at regular intervals for a list of coordinates. If the air quality index moves from fair to poor, or the UV index reaches a dangerous level, the agent can trigger a downstream action. This could be sending a push notification to field workers to wear protective gear or alerting a facility manager to close intake vents. All data is pulled in real time from OpenWeather sensors.
If you own physical weather hardware, you can use Ceven to manage your OpenWeather stations. The agent can add new stations, update their metadata, or delete them when they are decommissioned. Once a station is registered and sending data to OpenWeather, you can use the Get Weather Stations tool to verify its status and location. This allows you to blend professional global weather data with your own hyper local sensor readings for extreme precision in specialized environments like vineyards or construction sites where a few degrees of difference matter.
Ceven can interface with the Weather Map Tile tool to retrieve image layers representing various weather phenomena. While Ceven is primarily a text and data agent, it can fetch the specific tile URLs for current clouds, precipitation, or pressure. These URLs can then be passed into your internal dashboards or sent as links in a report. By specifying the zoom level and coordinates, the agent ensures the map tile is centered on your area of interest. This is particularly useful for logistics teams who need a visual overlay of storm cells over their delivery routes.
Ceven stores your OpenWeather API key encrypted at rest within your secure vault. We do not share this key with any other users or third party services. The key is only injected into the request header when the agent makes a call to the OpenWeather API on your behalf. You can rotate your API key at any time within the OpenWeather dashboard and simply update the value in your Ceven connection settings. This ensures that your account remains secure while allowing the agent to run your weather automation workflows without manual authentication for every request.

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