Can I use the Google Weather API in a commercial project?

Question

Can I use the Google Weather API in a commercial project, if I just added a "weather powered by Google" link?

Interferon

The Google weather API was shut down in 2012. See https://mcmap.net/q/1173217/-google-weather-api-gone/… – Tran

Answer 1

It looks like the Google Weather API is not even an officially supported API, but a 'hack' found and documented by other people. So there is no terms of use that defines if you can use it commercially.

But if you look at a similar API offered by Yahoo, its terms of use explicitly prohibit commercial use, so I wouldn't gamble on using Google's API in your project.

Brandon

Answer 2

As far as I know the Google weather API is not an officially supported public Google API. It's internally used e.g. by Google Calendar or iGoogle. Therefore I think, the legal status is somehow indefinite.

Sheikdom