Solcast ACTION
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)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "solcast-get-weather-forecast",
"configured_props": {
"solcast": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"latitude": "Latitude",
"longitude": "Longitude"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "solcast",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "solcast-get-weather-forecast",
arguments: {
latitude: "Latitude",
longitude: "Longitude",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| 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
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗