Beginner Node-RED tutorial shows how to use an API to turn on and off lights based on sunrise and sunset times. This video explains how to use Node-RED to make a RESTful API call to the Weather Underground cloud service and use the return data to drive a real-world industrial I/O control system.
This is just one example to show you how you can link API's to your physical I/O.
You will learn about:
Wunderground API
http Request node
Function node
Learn more at http://developer.opto22.com
http://workshops.opto22.com
http://www.opto22.com
http://www.groov.com
https://nodered.org
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api
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