How to get an astronomy forecast
This section provides an example of an astronomy forecast request.
Note
This example uses a HERE token to authenticate your request. For the available authentication options, see the Identity and Access Management Developer Guide.
User story
The user wants to obtain information on sun and moon rise and set times for Chicago, Illinois
Request summary
| Resource | report: Note that resource representation is specified via extensions .xml or .json. |
| Parameters | product: Indicates what kind of report the query requests; in this example, the query uses the parameter value forecast_astronomy to request astronomy information.name: Indicates the name of the city for which the query requests a weather report. |
Request
The following code block demonstrates the complete request, specifying that the response data is to be delivered in JSON.
curl https://weather.cc.api.here.com/weather/1.0/report.json
?product=forecast_astronomy
&name=Chicago
-H "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN}"Here is the same request indicating that the response data is to be delivered in XML.
curl https://weather.cc.api.here.com/weather/1.0/report.xml
?product=forecast_astronomy
&name=Chicago
-H "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN}"Response
The response to the request contains:
- astronomy information for Chicago, Illinois.
The example response in JSON format is as follows:
{
"astronomy": {
"astronomy": [
{
"sunrise": "7:12AM",
"sunset": "4:14PM",
"moonrise": "12:25PM",
"moonset": "12:20AM",
"moonPhase": 0.54,
"moonPhaseDesc": "First Quarter",
"iconName": "cw_first_qtr",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-10T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:13AM",
"sunset": "4:14PM",
"moonrise": "12:57PM",
"moonset": "1:25AM",
"moonPhase": 0.645,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Waxing gibbous",
"iconName": "cw_waxing_gibbous",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-11T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:14AM",
"sunset": "4:14PM",
"moonrise": "1:30PM",
"moonset": "2:28AM",
"moonPhase": 0.741,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Waxing gibbous",
"iconName": "cw_waxing_gibbous",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-12T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:14AM",
"sunset": "4:14PM",
"moonrise": "2:05PM",
"moonset": "3:30AM",
"moonPhase": 0.825,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Waxing gibbous",
"iconName": "cw_waxing_gibbous",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-13T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:15AM",
"sunset": "4:15PM",
"moonrise": "2:43PM",
"moonset": "4:28AM",
"moonPhase": 0.895,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Waxing gibbous",
"iconName": "cw_waxing_gibbous",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-14T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:16AM",
"sunset": "4:15PM",
"moonrise": "3:26PM",
"moonset": "5:26AM",
"moonPhase": 0.947,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Full moon",
"iconName": "cw_full_moon",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-15T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:17AM",
"sunset": "4:15PM",
"moonrise": "4:12PM",
"moonset": "6:18AM",
"moonPhase": 0.981,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Full moon",
"iconName": "cw_full_moon",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-16T00:00:00.00-06:00"
},
{
"sunrise": "7:17AM",
"sunset": "4:15PM",
"moonrise": "5:02PM",
"moonset": "7:07AM",
"moonPhase": 0.998,
"moonPhaseDesc": "Full moon",
"iconName": "cw_full_moon",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.83,
"longitude": -87.68,
"utcTime": "2013-12-17T00:00:00.00-06:00"
}
],
"country": "United States",
"state": "Illinois",
"city": "Chicago",
"latitude": 41.85003,
"longitude": -87.65005,
"timezone": -6
},
"feedCreation": "2013-12-10T15:44:37.120",
"metric": true
}The example response in XML format is as follows:
<WeatherReport>
<astronomy timezone="-6" longitude="-87.65005" latitude="41.85003" city="Chicago" state="Illinois" country="United States">
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-10T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:12AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:14PM</sunset>
<moonrise>12:25PM</moonrise>
<moonset>12:20AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.540</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>First Quarter</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_first_qtr</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-11T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:13AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:14PM</sunset>
<moonrise>12:57PM</moonrise>
<moonset>1:25AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.645</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Waxing gibbous</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_waxing_gibbous</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-12T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:14AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:14PM</sunset>
<moonrise>1:30PM</moonrise>
<moonset>2:28AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.741</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Waxing gibbous</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_waxing_gibbous</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-13T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:14AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:14PM</sunset>
<moonrise>2:05PM</moonrise>
<moonset>3:30AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.825</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Waxing gibbous</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_waxing_gibbous</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-14T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:15AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:15PM</sunset>
<moonrise>2:43PM</moonrise>
<moonset>4:28AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.895</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Waxing gibbous</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_waxing_gibbous</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-15T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:16AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:15PM</sunset>
<moonrise>3:26PM</moonrise>
<moonset>5:26AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.947</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Full moon</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_full_moon</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-16T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:17AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:15PM</sunset>
<moonrise>4:12PM</moonrise>
<moonset>6:18AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.981</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Full moon</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_full_moon</iconName>
</astronomy>
<astronomy utcTime="2013-12-17T00:00:00.00-06:00" longitude="-87.68" latitude="41.83" city="Chicago">
<sunrise>7:17AM</sunrise>
<sunset>4:15PM</sunset>
<moonrise>5:02PM</moonrise>
<moonset>7:07AM</moonset>
<moonPhase>0.998</moonPhase>
<moonPhaseDesc>Full moon</moonPhaseDesc>
<iconName>cw_full_moon</iconName>
</astronomy>
</astronomy>
<feedCreation>2013-12-10T15:49:53.254Z</feedCreation>
<metric>true</metric>
</WeatherReport>For more details about responses to this type of request, see Report response For more information, see Weather report.
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