Linking Raindancer with the Pessl API

Raindancer can automatically download and continuously update weather data from a Pessl weather station using Pessl's public API. 

 To register Pessl API access in Raindancer, go to Settings and then to the API sub-item. 

 There, click on ‘ New API credentials ’. In the following menu, you can choose between ‘ PESSL FieldClimate API (Legacy) ’ and ‘ PESSL FieldClimate API v2.0’ under API type. 

 ‘PESSL FieldClimate API (Legacy)’ is the old API access method and should no longer be used. 

 Select ‘ PESSL FieldClimate API v2.0 ’ and then enter the public and private keys, which can be obtained from the FieldClimate homepage. 

 Once you have saved the keys by clicking ‘ Save ’, Raindancer can begin importing the available measurements. This may take > 20 minutes, as Raindancer retrieves the data at fixed intervals. 

 Generate keys 

 To enable Raindancer to automatically retrieve data from the Fieldclimate API, you need a private and a public key from Fieldclimate. 

 To create the keys, first log in to the Fieldclimate homepage (e.g. ng.fieldclimate.com ). Then go to the user menu , which can currently be accessed via the person icon in the top right-hand corner, and select API services . 

 If the keys have already been created, they will now be displayed. Both keys consist of 48 hexadecimal characters (0-9 and a-f). If the keys have not yet been created, you can create them now by clicking on the ‘ Create new ’ button. 

 At the top right of the API key area, there is a question mark button that you can click on to get more information about key creation.