Pollen Count

Configuration
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Hi all,

Looking for some help trying to make a pollen count but the API i’m using requires square brackets in the config see below

sensor pollen:

and its reporting back blank, any ideas

Location changed

2

have you tried putting ‘single’ or “double” quotes around the URL?

3

Hi,

Yeah i’ve tried single double and none but it always outputs a blank reply in home assistant

Thanks

4

Have you tried putting a backslash () before both the open and close brackets (e.g. resource: https://socialpollencount.co.uk/api/forecast?location=[51.7556407,-1.25157468])?

5

You need to use {{ value_json.forecast[0].pollen_count}} (adjust the number based on the date). So your sensor would look like:

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    resource: 'https://socialpollencount.co.uk/api/forecast?location=[51.7556407,-1.25157466]'
    name: Pollen Count
    value_template: '{{ value_json.forecast[0].pollen_count}}'
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6

Thanks ive tried the suggested / but no joy

7

Awesome, that looks to be returning the correct value :slight_smile:

Thanks @arsaboo

8

Excellent thank you

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9

Looks like this is busted again. Can someone confirm?

10 
Log Details (ERROR)

Thu Sep 27 2018 15:28:03 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time)

Error parsing value: list object has no element 1 (value: {"status_code":"200 OK","date":"2018-09-27T14:29:03+00:00","forecast":[]}, template: {{ value_json.forecast[1].pollen_count}})
11

still broken chaps?

12

Just un-#'d mine and it seems to be working now again…

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