blurblah/darksky2influxdb

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⁠darksky2influxdb

Stores weather forcecast data from Dark Sky Api into a influxdb database.
Powered by Dark Sky⁠

This information can by used to display forecast data with grafana⁠.

Tip: This blogpost⁠ describes the installation and setup for a personal weather chart using influxdb and grafana and step-by-step.

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⁠Getting Started

Clone repository git clone https://github.com/SvenSommer/darksky2influxdb

⁠Prerequisites

⁠Node and npm

Node and npm are required. See https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node⁠. Test your version by

node -v
npm -v

Get the latest npm version with npm install npm@latest -g

⁠Dark Sky API Key

Get your https://darksky.net/dev/register⁠ here.
Please note that only the first 1000 API requests you make every day are free of charge.

⁠Influxdb

Please follow the official installation documentation https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.2/introduction/installation/⁠

⁠Grafana

If you want to visualise the data in a chart I can hardly reccomend grafana⁠.
You can find my dashboard for import in grafana\Weather - Forecast-Dashboard.json.

⁠Installing

Enter cloned directory: cd darksky2influxdb and install dependencies npm install
Configure config/default.yml file

Here is an example of default.yml

general:
  debug: true
  cron: '*/15 * * * *'
darksky:
  key: abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567
  units: auto
  longitude: -123.41670367098749
  latitude: 47.20296790272209
influxdb:
  host: 192.168.188.2
  database: weather
  username: darkskyimport_user
  password: supersecretpassword!?

Option	Description
`debug`	Enables Debug mode and provides additional informations Type: `booleon` Possible values: `true`,`false`
`cron`	Programm is repating itself in a given period Type: `string` Possible values: `'/15 * * *'` - every 15 minutes, `''` - running only once
darksky - `key`	get your darksky key here https://darksky.net/dev/register⁠ Type: `string` Possible values: `abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567`
darksky - `units`	Return weather conditions in the requested units. See https://darksky.net/dev/docs/forecast⁠ Type: `string` Possible values: `auto`,`ca`,`uk2`,`us`,`si`
darksky - `longitude` and `latitude`	Coordinates of forecast location (in decimal degrees). Type: `float` Possible values: `latitude: 47.20296790272209` and `longitude:-123.41670367098749`
influxdb - `host`	Server your influxdb is running Type: `string` Possible values: `localhost` , `192.168.188.2`
influxdb - `database`	Name of your Database the forecast data is stored. Type: `string` Possible values: `weather` , `forecast`
influxdb - `username`	User with writing privileges on the database
influxdb - `password`	Password of user with writing privileges on the database

⁠Running the Import

Start the import with node importForecast.js If you have given a valid cron interval in the configfile the programm will repeat the import automaticly.

⁠Tested

This is coded and tested on a RaspberryPi 3

⁠Authors

SvenSommer - SvenSommer⁠

See also the list of contributors⁠ who participated in this project.

⁠License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md⁠ file for details

⁠Acknowledgments

This code is originally based on ErwinSteffens project darksky-influxdb⁠. Many thanks to him!

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