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Android

Posted by neha Sharma
neha Sharma
Courses Plus Student 202 Points

How can I use the NOAA api (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2) to find wave height info??

I'd like to use wave height info in a personal project, but I can't find specific information on accessing it from NOAA - please help?? This is an android app and I have Android Studio downloaded.

1 Answer

Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points
Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points

You need to read the documentation more thoroughly. Looking through the link you've posted, it's pretty straightforward on how to make a call to NOAA servers.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2

For any developer, this is a pretty standard REST api they've already built for you. You just need to pass in your token and do a proper query. Build your query string in your android app and make a GET request using AsyncTask or OKHttp in Android.

If you want to know what data you're getting back, test it out in the web browser and keep changing up your queries until you get the data that you want back.

Don't ask questions for the sake of asking questions. Make a solid effort to do what you're trying to accomplish. You'll learn more that way.

If you get stuck, ask your question with more details of what you've tried and what didn't work. I feel more inclined to answer questions on the forum if I know the person asking for help has made an honest effort into trying to figure out what the problem is and how to solve it.

Besides, that's the majority of programming: problem solving.