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# Solar Edge Status Updater
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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.
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# Dependancies
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* Python 3 and contents of `requirements.txt`.
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* The font `Biko_Regular.otf`.
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* A `.png` graphic to write text on.
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* The package direnv and the follwing changes to the user account:
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* [bash.rc] (https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#bash)
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* [venv] (https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#venv-stdlib-module)
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# Bulid Instructions
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copy `env.sample` to `.env` and edit
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`pip install -r requirements.txt`
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user crontab
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`05 * * * * cd ~/.venv/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1`
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