solar_edge/README.md

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)

Bulid Instructions

pip install -r requirements.txt

user crontab 05 * * * * cd ~/.venv/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1