Windy and Historical data
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Hello,
Not sure how many developers are on this forum but lets give it a shot.
I am in the process of building a little data logging system for wildfires in rural areas. I want to add onto it to by enriching the data with what the wind was during the time of the fire which can always be used afterwards for analysis.
My question is would it be better to call windy every time I pull up a report although not sure how far the data goes back or would it be best if I have the backend server make all of the Windy api calls?
A snippet of the UI thus far
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Hello Pieter,
Windy doesn't have historical data so calling the API every time wouldn't help. Check out Point Forecast API docs for more information.
Generally speaking, the way for you is to have a backend that calls Windy API and stores current measurements when a fire event occurs.
Good luck with your project!
