1.2 KiB
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.
The package direnv and the follwing changes to the user account:
- bash.rc (https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#bash)
- venv (https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#venv-stdlib-module)
Assumes the use of direnv and ssh keys setup to upload graphic to website. If hosted on the website the ssh/scp portion can be replace with a copy.
import shutil ... shutil.copy2(out_file, '/var/www/')
Bulid Instructions
assumes installed to ~/python/solar_edge
cd ~/python git clone http://git.elder-geek.net/fredw/solar_edge.git cd solar_edge cp env.sample .env direnv allow pip install -r requirements.txt
edit .env and update accordingly
add to user crontab to update site every 5 minutes
05 * * * * cd ~/python/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1