Extract 3 sets of data from 2 different sources to obtain weather and tide data for a Tableau dashboard

Licence for data sources are given at end of document.

  1. Extract a current forcast for a location from open-meteo.com
  2. Extract a 7 day forecast for a location from open-meteo.com
  3. Extact tidal information for a location from UK Hydrographic office

The 3 csv files can then be fed into a Tablea dashboard.

These API requests can be set to run automaticaly by creating a script file with the code chunks and then running it automatically in windows scheduler to obtain fresh data as required.


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