Core Weather

Location Key

Endpoint:https://dataservice.accuweather.com

Goverment-issued alerts by location key

GET

https://dataservice.accuweather.com

/alerts/v1/{locationKey}

Returns severe weather alerts from official Government Meteorological Agencies and leading global weather alert providers for a specific location, using a locationKey obtained from another endpoint (e.g., city search or geoposition)

Goverment-issued alerts by location key › path Parameters

locationKeystring · required
A unique ID that designates a specific location. More information can be found here.
Example: 349727

Goverment-issued alerts by location key › query Parameters

languagestring
A string that indicates the language in which to return the response. More information can be found here.
Default: en-us
formatstring
A string value that specifies what type of format to provide the response.
Default: json
detailsboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include extended information.
Default: false

Goverment-issued alerts by location key › Headers

Authorizationstring · required
The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

Goverment-issued alerts by location key › Responses

CountryCodestring · minLength: 1 · required
A unique ID number assigned to a specific country.
AlertIDinteger · int64 · required
A unique ID number that identifies a specific alert for a particular country.
Descriptionrequired
An object containing a short phrase that summarizes the alert.
Categorystring · minLength: 1 · required
A classification word or phrase that describes the alert type.
Priorityinteger · int32 · required
A ranking number that indicates the alert's importance based on the issuing authority's list of alert types. Higher impact alerts have a lower numnber. The highest priority is 1.
Typestring · minLength: 1 · required
An abbreviated alert description.
TypeIDstring · minLength: 1 · required
An alphanumeric ID that indicates the alert description.
Classstring · minLength: 1 · required
The alert classification. Not available for all countries. Can be null.
Levelstring · minLength: 1 · required
Indicates the alert severity. Not available for all countries. Can be null.
AlarmLevelstring · minLength: 1 · required
A color-based system that indicates the alert severity.
Sourcestring · minLength: 1 · required
The alert data provider.
SourceIdinteger · int32 · required
An ID integer that identifies the alert data provider.
Disclaimerstring · minLength: 1 · required
A disclaimer that must be displayed with the alert data. Can be null.
HaveReadyStatementsboolean · required
A boolean value determining if ready statements are available.

Color | null
An object containing definitions for an additive color that indicates the alert type.
SourceIconUrlstring | null
SourceIconUrl
SourceTeamstring | null
SourceTeam
SourceTeamIconUrlstring | null
SourceTeamIconUrl
Areaarray | null
An array containing information that defines the requested alert location, alert timing, and alert text.
MobileLinkstring | null · uri
Link to severe weather alerts on AccuWeather's mobile site for the requested location.
Linkstring | null · uri
Link to severe weather alerts on AccuWeather's free site for the requested location.

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