# Yahoo Weather API Scraper (`rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper`) Actor

Fetches current conditions and the multi-day forecast for any location from Yahoo Weather's private GraphQL API (reversed from the Yahoo Weather Android app). No account or key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [R.L.](https://apify.com/rl1987) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 locations

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yahoo Weather API Scraper

Fetch **current conditions** and the **multi-day forecast** for any location from Yahoo Weather's
private GraphQL API — reversed from the Yahoo Weather Android app
(`com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.weather`). No account, no API key: the only gating header is set
by the client.

### What it does

For each location you provide, the actor:

1. resolves the place (city name → coordinates + WOEID, or takes a lat/lon pair directly),
2. fetches current conditions and the daily/hourly forecast from the app's GraphQL gateway, and
3. pushes one dataset row.

### Input

| Field | Type | Notes |
|-------|------|-------|
| `locations` | string list | City/place names (`"San Francisco"`, `"Vilnius, LT"`) or `"lat,lon"` pairs. One row each. |
| `unit` | select | `imperial` (°F), `metric` (°C), or `uk_hybrid`. |
| `language` | string | BCP-47 tag, e.g. `en-US`, `lt-LT`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Defaults to Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "locations": ["San Francisco", "54.6872,25.2797"],
  "unit": "metric",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output

Each dataset row carries flattened convenience columns plus the full nested objects:

```json
{
  "query": "San Francisco",
  "place": "San Francisco, CA",
  "latitude": 37.7749,
  "longitude": -122.4194,
  "temperature": "60°",
  "feels_like": "59°",
  "condition": "Cloudy",
  "forecast_days": 10,
  "location": { "displayName": "San Francisco, CA", "woeid": 2487956, "...": "..." },
  "currentConditions": { "temperature": {"...": "..."}, "wind": {"...": "..."}, "...": "..." },
  "forecast": { "daily": {"days": ["..."]}, "hourly": {"...": "..."} }
}
```

If a single location fails to resolve, its row carries an `error` field and the batch continues.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.001 per location** (current conditions + forecast).

### Notes

- Unofficial client; not affiliated with or endorsed by Yahoo.
- Read-only public weather data.

# Actor input Schema

## `locations` (type: `array`):

One or more places to fetch weather for. Each is a city/place name (e.g. "San Francisco", "Vilnius, LT") or a "latitude,longitude" pair (e.g. "54.6872,25.2797"). One dataset row per location.

## `unit` (type: `string`):

Measurement units for temperatures, wind, etc.

## `language` (type: `string`):

BCP-47 language tag for text fields, e.g. "en-US", "lt-LT".

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Route requests through a proxy. Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL is selected by default for reliability.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "San Francisco, CA",
    "54.6872,25.2797"
  ],
  "unit": "imperial",
  "language": "en-US",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "locations": [
        "San Francisco, CA",
        "54.6872,25.2797"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "locations": [
        "San Francisco, CA",
        "54.6872,25.2797",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "locations": [
    "San Francisco, CA",
    "54.6872,25.2797"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rl1987/yahoo-weather-api-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WHwFaQqrVgrqmRvz8/builds/5oZcfUSpAVkYEUMCQ/openapi.json