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# Solar Edge Status Updater
When placed in a cron job this uppdater will make an https call to a json api to retrieve the co2 savings and equivenant trees planted and overlay those numbers on a graphic and upload them to the website.
# Dependancies
Python 3 and contents of `requirements.txt`
The font `Biko_Regular.otf`
A `.png` graphic to write text on.
# Bulid Instructions
`pip install -r requirements.txt`
crontab
`05 * * * * cd ~/.venv/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1`