Aeris API 1.0.1 Update
First off, we would like to say thanks for the tremendous enthusiasm and interest in our new Aeris product suite and the new site design. Over the coming weeks we will continue to expand Aeris with additional datasets, capabilities, JavaScript / PHP toolkits and more.
With that, today we released an update to the Aeris API that provided several bug fixes and added some enhanced capabilities. The complete list of changes is available in the version history, though some of the major enhancements include:
Enhanced Location Support
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Complete US state names or Canadian province names may be used. For example:
- /places/houston,texas
- /observations/toronto,ontario
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2 letter ISO country abbreviations, 3 letter ISO country abbreviations and full country names are now supported. For example:
- /observations/mexico+city,mx
- /observations/mexico+city,mex
- /observations/mexico+city,mexico
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The official country abbreviation for cities in the United Kingdom is “GB”, but since many users enter “UK” the api will now handle being passed “UK” in place of “GB”. Both of the following usages will work:
- /places/london,gb
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/places/london,uk
New Countries Endpoint
We added a new countries endpoint that allows requesting basic country information, such as full name, abbreviations, estimated populations and more. See the countries endpoint docs for more information.
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