NOTICE:

On April 15, 2010, ADDS dataserver version 1.4 was released. If you are using the http://weather.aero/dataserver_current link and you are having problems, you may want to change your paths to point to the previous stable version: http://weather.aero/dataserver1_2 until you can migrate your code to work with the new release. Please see the Release Procedures for more information and release notes.

Introduction

The dataserver complements the ADDS web site by providing flexible and queryable access to real-time METAR, PIREP, AIREP, TAF and AIRSIGMET data. This service is oriented towards automated parsing and is an ideal mechanism for users needing more flexible access to raw data than is available through the web pages.

Data products

Please see the Best Practices and Summary of Constraints sections.

Current Data Cache Files

Please refer to Current Data Cache Files for more details.

Release Procedures

Each version of the dataserver software is identified by a major and minor release number, such as '1_0,' '1_1,' or '2_0.' Each of these releases may be accessed on ADDS at its own base URL, such as 'http://weather.aero/dataserver1_0,' 'http://weather.aero/dataserver1_1,' or 'http://weather.aero/dataserver2_0.' When new releases occur, the new version and older versions are maintained side by side for a period of time to allow users to transition to the new version. After a suitable time period, old versions may be removed. For convenience, the base URL 'http://weather.aero/dataserver_current' will always point to the most recent version of the server. Users who wish to always use the latest version should point to dataserver_current. Users who want the stability of always using the same version should point to a specific numbered version.

Please refer to Release Procedures for more details

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