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Vaisala Xweather API Authentication

How to authenticate Vaisala Xweather API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud handles Vaisala Xweather's custom auth scheme for you.

Every Vaisala Xweather API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Vaisala Xweather account. This page covers both, plus exactly how to send them, so you do not need to visit any other page to get authenticated.

Steps to authenticate

  1. Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
  2. Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
  3. Create a Vaisala Xweather connection in Connections. Vaisala Xweather uses its own authentication scheme. You provide whatever it requires when you create the connection — MindCloud handles the provider-specific details for you.
  4. Copy the connection’s connectionId — you will send it on every request alongside your MindCloud API Key.

How requests are authenticated

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Vaisala Xweather account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Vaisala Xweather credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions.

For example, calling Get Place with an Vaisala Xweather connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/vaisalaXweatherAPI/latest/actions/get-place" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which Vaisala Xweather account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Create Xweather Weather API credentials

You need a Xweather developer account and the domain or app identifier that will make Weather API requests.

  1. Create a Xweather developer account

    Sign up for Xweather developer access so you can create Weather API credentials for your application.

    Sign Up
  2. Register your application

    In your Xweather account area, create an application and set the namespace to the domain, wildcard domain, or mobile bundle identifier that will send API requests.

  3. Save the client ID and secret key

    Keep the generated client ID and secret key ready for the MindCloud connection form.

Keep your key safe

Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs. Anyone with the key can call the Universal API as your MindCloud account, across every connection you have created.

Vaisala Xweather API Authentication - Universal API