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Get Weather Forecast

Get irradiance and weather forecasts for the requested location from the present up to 14 days ahead, derived from satellite and numerical weather models. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Solcast account once, then configure and run Get Weather Forecast from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "solcast-get-weather-forecast",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    solcast: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    latitude: "Latitude",
    longitude: "Longitude",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Get Weather Forecast inputs
Property Type Description
latitude Latitude string
The latitude of the location
Required
longitude Longitude string
The longitude of the location
Required
hours Hours integer
Time window of the response in hours from 1 to 336
Optional
period Period string
Length of the averaging period in ISO 8601 format. Default is PT30M
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
solcast-get-weather-forecast
Version
0.0.2
App
Solcast
Authentication
API key
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes