API Usage

Getting Started

Making a Request

• All request require your API Key to be passed on the URL as client_id= in the params of the request: GET http://www.blucrate.com/api?client_id=
• All documented parameters, unless otherwise specified, are required. Optional parameters are marked in the documentations like this: my_optional_parameter (optional)

Getting the Response

• JSON is the default response format for all requests. XML is available by specifying .xml on the end of the URL path.
• JSON response without .json on the request URL path GET http://www.blucrate.com/api?client_id= &city=
• JSON response with .json on the request URL path GET http://www.blucrate.com/api?client_id= &city= &format=json
• XML response with .xml on the request URL path GET http://www.blucrate.com/api?client_id= &city= &format=xml
• The BluCrate™ API also respects the HTTP Accepts header
• BluCrate™ responds with a standard error response format and a fixed set of HTTP codes.