darksky2influxdb

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

1. Enter cloned directory: cd darksky2influxdb and install dependencies npm install
2. 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!