# Limit data for /better\_forcast api

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/limit-data-for-better-forcast-api/20057>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** rest\_api\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/limit-data-for-better-forcast-api/20057 "2023-02-08T14:15:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mabeatty1978](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/mabeatty1978/32/15139_2.png) [@mabeatty1978](https://community.tempest.earth/u/mabeatty1978)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/limit-data-for-better-forcast-api/20057/4 "2023-02-09T03:11:39Z")

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I asked the same question not to long ago. There was a proposed solution at the bottom of the thread, but I have not yet had a chance to try it out. If you do, please reply back.

> [@Forecast API limit to one day](https://community.tempest.earth/t/forecast-api-limit-to-one-day/19710/5):
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> there are streaming json parsers that can help there too. I ran into the very same problem with a little arduino esp32. You wont be able to parse the entire json response into memory ever, but what you can do is if you know the structure, use a streaming json parser, and have it pull out the data you care about when you need it.

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