Endpoint

You can open a WebSocket connection with an API key or a token.

User Token

To open a WebSocket connection with a token, use the URL below.

wss://ws.weatherflow.com/swd/data?token=[your_access_token]

_See our Quickstart for instructions on how to obtain an access token.

API Key

To open a WebSocket connection with an API key, use the URL below.

wss://ws.weatherflow.com/swd/data?api_key=[your_api_key]

Request Messages

Listen Start

Start listening for observations and events for a specific device. Each new observation sent by the device will be pushed to the client as soon as possible.

Request Message

{
  "type":"listen_start",
  "device_id":1110,
  "id":"2098388936"
}

Response Messages

ack, obs_air, obs_sky, obs_st, evt_strike, evt_precip

Listen Stop

Stop listening for observations and events for a specific device.

{
  "type":"listen_stop",
  "device_id":1110,
  "id":"2098388936"
}

Response Messages

ack

Lightning Listen Start

{
  "type":"geo_strike_listen_start",
  "lat_min": 37.28,
  "lat_max": 41.32,
  "lon_min": -101.76,
  "lon_max": -91.00 ,
  "id": 12345
}

Cloud to Ground strike types are returned by default. Add strike_type to the geo_strike_listen_start message to specify the type of strikes you would like to be returned. cg returns Cloud to Ground strikes only, ic returns Cloud to Cloud strikes only and all returns all strike types.

Response Messages

ack, strike

Response Messages

Acknowledgment

{
  "type":"ack",
  "id":"2098388936"
}

Rain Start Event

{
  "type":"evt_precip",
  "device_id":1110
}

Device Lightning Strike Event

{
  "type":"evt_strike",
  "device_id":1110,
  "evt":[1493322445,27,3848]
}

evt value returned is a Lightning event

Rapid Wind

{
  "type":"rapid_wind",
  "device_id":1110,
  "ob":[1493322445,2.3,128]
}

obs value returned is a Rapid Wind observation

Tempest Observation

{
  "type":"obs_st",
  "device_id":62009,
  "obs": [[1603481377,0,0.09,0.54,33,6,1014.8,28.8,71,16639,1.83,139,0,0,0,0,2.42,1,0.07615,null,null,0]]
}

obs value returned is a Tempest observation

Air Observation

{
  "type":"obs_air",
  "device_id":1110,
  "obs":[[1493164835,835.0,10.0,45,0,0,3.46,1]]
}

obs value returned is an AIR observation

Sky Observation

{
  "type":"obs_sky",
  "device_id":1110,
  "obs":[[1493321340,9000,10,0.0,2.6,4.6,7.4,187,3.12,1,130,1.034,0,3,0.0,1.011,1]]
}

obs value returned is a SKY observation

Lightning Strike

{
	"type": "geo_strike",
  "time": 1656008011,
 	"lat": 38.9981994,
 	"lon": 99.3110134,
	"mag": 289,
  "strike_type": "cg"
}

Additional Information

A client should only open one WebSocket connection.
A client will be disconnected after 10 minutes of idle time.
All messages are JSON strings.