Search Places
openweathermap.geocode
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the OpenWeather API with the connection's credentials.
Search for places by name and read back their coordinates, country and translated names, so a later node can ask for weather by coordinate.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- OpenWeather
- Secret shape
- the API key, or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- units, lang, base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
2 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
place The place to search for, as 'city', 'city,country code' or 'city,state code,country code' for the US. | string | Yes | — | — | London,GB |
limit How many matches to return, from 1 to 5. Leave blank for OpenWeather's default. | number | No | — | 1–5 | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"place": "London,GB"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
items The matched places, each with 'name', 'lat', 'lon', 'country', 'local_names' and, where OpenWeather has one, 'state'. | array | — |
count How many places were matched. | number | — |
{
"count": 0,
"items": []
}See Search Places run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the OpenWeather connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.