QuickApp - Tomorow.io Pollen

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

* QuickApp no longer working without a paid subscription * 

Tomorrow.io focuses on commercial accounts and unfortunately do not offer a paid plan that fits the needs of private use.

 

This QuickApp gives access to real-time pollen count and risk category for grass pollen, weed pollen and tree pollen of any location from Tomorrow.io

 

Pollen is a fine powder produced by trees and plants
Pollen can severely affect people, especially those with different ailments such as asthma and respiratory issues.

 

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Version 0.1 (15th August 2021)

• Initial working version

 

Pollen:

• Grass Pollen: Pollen grains from grasses
• Weed Pollen: Weeds are annual and perennial herbs and shrubs. A single plant may produce about a billion grains of pollen per season. 
• Tree Pollen: Pollen from trees such as Birch and Oak

 

Risk:
0: None
1: Very low
2: Low
3: Medium
4: High
5: Very High

 

IMPORTANT

• You need an API key from

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• The API is free up to 500 calls / per day, 25 calls / per hour, 3 calls / per second (Pollen is 5% of rate limit)
• You need to create your location in

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  to get a location ID and copy it to the QuickApp variable

Variables (mandatory): 

• Variables (mandatory): 
• apiKey = Get your free API key from Tomorrow.io
• location =  Tomorrow.io location ID (created in

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• interval = [number] in seconds time to get the data from the API
• timeout = [number] in seconds for http timeout
• debugLevel = Number (1=some, 2=few, 3=all, 4=simulation mode) (default = 1)
• icon = [numbber] User defined icon number (add the icon via an other device and lookup the number)

 

 

 

Download the QuickApp here (download the file and un-zip):

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How to install: 

1. Open the Configuration Interface
2. Go to Settings > Devices
3. Click  +
4. Choose Other Device
5. Choose Upload File
6. Choose file from your computer with .fqa

 

 

 

 

Edited October 25 by SmartHomeEddy

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

In case other providers don't proof to be that good or Tomorrow.io is better...

 

Testing already has begon...

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by SmartHomeEddy

[Martin Windsmose 4]

Hi SmartHomeEddy

 

Looking forward for this 

 

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

@Martin Windsmose

 

The first version of the Tomorrow Pollen QuickApp is available. This is a full working version. 

 

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IMPORTANT

• You need an API key from 

  Please login or register to see this link.

   
• The API is free up to 500 calls / per day, 25 calls / per hour, 3 calls / per second (Pollen is 5% of rate limit)
• You need to create your location in 

  Please login or register to see this link.

   to get a location ID and copy it to the QuickApp variable

 

[ppeterr 205]

@SmartHomeEddy

 

The zip from the link in the opening post is missing the fqa.

And renaming Tomorrow_Pollen-01 to Tomorrow_Pollen-01.fqa gives a 500 error on the HC3

Edited August 15, 2021 by ppeterr

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

Sorry, my fault. It should be ok now. 

[ppeterr 205]

15 minutes ago, SmartHomeEddy said:

Sorry, my fault. It should be ok now. 

 

Up and running, this needs some investigation ?

 

 

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[SmartHomeEddy 878]

Don’t think it is “pollen time”, let’s see.
 

But please let me know what you think about the measurements from different parts of the world (and what you think of the quickapp). 

[ppeterr 205]

I sure will but i need to find some time to do the testing. I dont have a use case for this, or at least not yet.

 

Thanks for the app. I hope i will someday understand the coding.

 

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

2 minutes ago, ppeterr said:

I hope i will someday understand the coding.

 

Let me know if you need some help with one of your QuickApp projects. 

[fredokl 11]

Thanks for this QA. It works perfectly.

[ppeterr 205]

Maybe some action on this location. Melbourne Park. Seems that pollen and grass is a huge problem there. (oct till jan)

 

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Edited August 17, 2021 by ppeterr

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

That looks like a big problem. 

 

Tried the location, but no high measurement yet. 

 

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[ppeterr 205]

10 minutes ago, SmartHomeEddy said:

That looks like a big problem. 

 

Tried the location, but no high measurement yet. 

 

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Same here, i'm changing it back to a local location, i'll try to make a trigger that sends a push notification when the values change.

And then next month maybe back to Melbourne  

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[ppeterr 205]

21 minutes ago, SmartHomeEddy said:

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Thats nice, influx ? I'll try to setup influx today. Done  Makes it much more usefull.

 

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Edited August 17, 2021 by ppeterr

[ppeterr 205]

Well....4 hours later. pfff Influx+grafana running with influxdb as data source. That was the first 10 minutes

How i get anything to report from the hc3 to the database....its a mystery to me. Another project that seems to be a little complicated for me.

 

Ciould you share how to get the pollen data into the database ?

[ImaginaPixJS 4]

Installed and working. Let's see how good it works.

[SmartHomeEddy 878]

1 hour ago, ppeterr said:

Ciould you share how to get the pollen data into the database ?

 

Do you have InfluxDB 1.8 ?

 

You could use this code:

 

 

[ppeterr 205]

@SmartHomeEddy

 

Yes i have, and i also found that topic. Tried that script, but didnt manage to get it to work

I'll continue there, to keep this topic focussed on the pollen quickapp. Thanks

 

[ppeterr 205]

So, it took me 20 hours. Learned a lot. Result is amazing

 

 

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