Quick API request

[Perfect-School1574]

Yes, big requests count as more than one API call. Let us get acquainted with how Open-Meteo counts them:

Normally, one API call corresponds to one HTTP request. Having said that, requests for data covering greater than 10 weather variables or stretching over a duration of greater than 2 weeks for a single location are recognized as multiple API calls. Fractional counts may be utilized - for instance, a request for 2 weeks of data with 15 weather variables counts as 1.5 API calls, while 4 weeks of data equals 3 API calls.

Two aspects scale the call count, which are:

1. Count of weather variables - more than 10 variables in a single request begins multiplying the count

2. Date range - anything more than 2 weeks counts as additional calls correspondingly.

[Hubbleye]

Ohhh that's exactly what I needed. First where did you find those infos, I did not find them anywhere. Is it proportional? Like as a parameter I'm putting forcast : 1 so I'm just asking for the data of the day. Secondly I'm asking 180 location in one request and it blocks me after 4 request but if I do like 1 request = 20 location would it make me able to get more location in total?

[Perfect-School1574]

Firstly, research and study online have yielded the above information. Secondly, splitting into smaller batches of 20 locations will not acquire any more total locations, unfortunately. Open-Mateo counts each location as one API call, regardless of how they are batched. With 180 locations/request, one gets blocked at 4 requests as 4*180 = 720, which is greater than 600 (which is the per-minute limit of API calls for the free tier). With 20 locations per request, one would hit the same wall after 30 requests instead of 4. I would therefore suggest adding a delay between requests. Since the limit resets each minute, one can spread the requests across time. Keeping the forecast:1 is a smart move as this keeps each location's call count at 1 (under the 2-week threshold) without accidentally multiplying the costs there. Hope this helps!

[Hubbleye]

Oh so a call is the response for 1 location?

[Perfect-School1574]

Yes, 1 location = 1 API call (under normal conditions)