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openSenseMap

Live readings from citizen-run senseBox weather stations

🌦 WeatherHEALTHYchecked 1h ago
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An open-data platform where hobbyist senseBox stations publish environmental measurements — temperature, humidity, particulate matter, UV and more. Fetch a single box to see its sensors and latest values, or query boxes by bounding box. Keyless and CORS-friendly.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 84 · healthy
Uptime history
90.2%90 days
90.0%30 days
655P50 · ms
4139P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 97 ms, slowest 2724 ms, most recent 142 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=json

{
  "_id": "57b49f336fab811300b7d727",
  "name": "askan.biz",
  "exposure": "outdoor",
  "model": "homeWifi",
  "sensors": [
    {
      "title": "UV-Intensität",
      "unit": "μW/cm²",
      "sensorType": "VEML6070",
      "lastMeasurement": {
        "value": "25.3"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=json"
const res = await fetch("https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=json")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=json655 mschecked 1h ago
GET/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?format=jsonPROBED

Live readings from citizen-run senseBox weather stations

GET/boxes

Boxes — documented GET route.

GET/boxes/1

Boxes details by ID (example: 1).

GET/boxes?limit=10

Boxes — documented GET route.

GET/boxes/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/boxes/57b49f336fab811300b7d727?limit=5

57b49f336fab811300b7d727 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

openSenseMap: common questions

Is openSenseMap free to use?

Yes — openSenseMap is a free weather API. Free tier: Free (open-source citizen-science platform). Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does openSenseMap need an API key?

No — openSenseMap needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call openSenseMap from the browser?

Yes — openSenseMap returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is openSenseMap up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, openSenseMap is healthy with 90.2% uptime over 90 days and a 655 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.