Platform Guides
Learn the foundational concepts for interacting with the MetService Public API Platform. These guides cover authentication, rate limits, and best practices applicable across all Core APIs.
Essential Concepts
- Getting Started: Your first steps with the platform.
- Authentication: How to secure your requests and manage API keys.
- Rate Limits: Understanding usage quotas and throttling.
- Error Handling: Interpreting status codes and troubleshooting issues.
Deep Dives
- Maturity Model & Modernization: Definitions for the Core and Classic API platforms, and the modernization path.
- API Vision: Our design philosophy and future roadmap.
- Best Practices: Optimization and efficiency tips.
- Weather Fundamentals: Understanding meteorological data and units.
- Variables Reference: A complete searchable list of available data points.