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Infrastructure component that connects to external weather APIs to obtain current and forecasted weather conditions, enabling the algorithm to adapt activity suggestions accordingly.
The Weather Service Integration is a vital infrastructure component that enriches the activity suggestion algorithm with real-time and forecasted weather data. By factoring in weather conditions, the system can recommend suitable activities that are safe and enjoyable, enhancing user experience and engagement. This integration supports BUA's goal of providing context-aware, personalized physical activity suggestions that adapt to environmental changes.
This integration involves medium complexity development requiring reliable connection to external weather APIs and internal data pipelines. It must implement caching and error handling to mitigate API rate limits and outages. Coordination with backend and infrastructure teams is necessary to ensure data freshness and performance. Testing should cover data accuracy, latency, and fallback scenarios.
The Weather Service Integration communicates with third-party weather APIs using secure RESTful calls. It normalizes diverse weather data formats into a consistent model for backend consumption. The component implements caching strategies to reduce API calls and latency. Error handling includes retries and fallback to cached data.
It exposes APIs for retrieving current and forecasted weather data based on user location. Privacy is maintained by limiting data scope to environmental conditions only.
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