DataPoint access over SSL (HTTPS)

[John Tidmus]

Can the DataPoint APIs be accessed over a secure SSL (HTTPS) connection?

thanks

john

[MetOffice DataPoint]

Hi John, apologies for delay in reply. I have had the following answer to your question form our support team:

 

DataPoint cannot be accessed over SSL (HTTPS).

 

Therefore, The user cannot hide their key when their software makes requests, this is a known issue.

 

We are aware of this as an issue and are working on improving authentication to resolve it. This is likely to be implemented in the New year.

 

Regards

 

Clare

[Jonathan Homer]

It has been over a year from this posting.  Is there an update.  My website is secure and thus every connection must be secure.  So I am stuck with a great resource and the inability to use it because of security.

Thanks

Jon

[mike]

Have you considered alternate APIs?  https://developer.forecast.io/ already uses SSL and is quite likely better maintained at present.  I know they source data from Met Office, but I can't say whether you'll get the same results.

Michael

[Chris Wraith]

If you application has any server side components, you could always proxy to the Met Office Datapoint service from the server side - that way the connection from the web browser to your site would be secure and you’d be able to use the Met Office APIs directly.

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[Nick Hopkins]

Any update on the API's becoming TLS v 1.2 compliant?

Apple have now blocked direct http requests so all apps that use http web services will no longer work.