# Requesting Data using URL

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/requesting-data-using-url/28133>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** tempest\
**Created:** [April 16, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/requesting-data-using-url/28133 "2026-04-16T16:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicholasove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nicholasove](https://community.tempest.earth/u/nicholasove)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/requesting-data-using-url/28133/1 "2026-04-16T16:13:08Z")

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Hello,

So for a project I am working on, I am trying to gather wind speed data over time. I have successfully collected 01/01/2025-02/01/2025 data in 3 hour intervals (so the bucket\_step\_minutes=180, which is what i want) but whenever i request the data from 02/01/2025-03/01/2025, it automatically forces the bucket\_step\_minutes=30.

here are my links:

01/01/2025-02/01/2025 -

[https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observations/device/(my\_device\_id)?time\_start=1735707600&time\_end=1738386000&format=csv&token=(my\_token)](https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observations/device/(my_device_id)?time_start=1735707600&time_end=1738386000&format=csv&token=(my_token))

02/01/2025-03/01/2025 -

[https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observations/device/(my\_device\_id)?time\_start=](https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observations/device/(my_device_id)?time_start=) 1738386000&time\_end=1740805200&format=csv&token=(my\_token)

I tried adding &bucket\_step=180 and even &bucket\_step\_minutes=180 at the end of the URL but that doesn’t seem to do the trick.

Does anyone know how to fix this?