BOT

BOT is a specialized API endpoint that returns a plain text response instead of JSON.

It’s designed for integrations such as chatbots, live stream chat overlays, home automation systems, and other environments where JSON parsing is impractical or unnecessary.

Any application that requires a simple, single-line text response from a REST API—or cannot decode JSON—should use the BOT endpoint.

Authentication

BOT only accepts your API key as a query parameter as shown in the examples.

Plain Text Response

Example:

https://api.checkwx.com/v2/bot/metar/kdfw?x-api-key=YOUR_API_KEY

Response:

KDFW METAR 120253Z 16011G21KT 10SM CLR 33/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP115 T03330189 55002

Nightbot Example

Nightbot is a chat bot for Twitch, YouTube, and Trovo that allows you to automate your live stream's chat.

Adding the following command to Nightbot will allow a user to type !metar {icao} into chat to get the current METAR.

Nightbot Setup

!command add !metar $(urlfetch https://api.checkwx.com/v2/bot/metar/$(query)?x-api-key=YOUR_API_KEY)

Visit https://nightbot.tv for more information.

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