The Forecast.Solar API is unreachable

Third party integrations
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Hi,

It happens every few days and Forecast.Solar entities sometimes remain as unavailable for hours. I use the solar forecast in some automations so that’s not optimal. Seems like Forecast.Solar service availability is not super great, but it also seems that the integration is not reconnecting properly from time to time since it helps restarting the integration to get values back (most of the time).

Am I the only one to get these errors?

Thank you

2022-03-19 11:26:39 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.forecast_solar] Unexpected error fetching forecast_solar data: The Forecast.Solar API is unreachable,
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 187, in _async_refresh
self.data = await self._async_update_data()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 147, in _async_update_data
return await self.update_method()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/forecast_solar/__init__.py", line 138, in estimate
data = await self._request(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/forecast_solar/__init__.py", line 105, in _request
raise ForecastSolarConnectionError(
forecast_solar.exceptions.ForecastSolarConnectionError: The Forecast.Solar API is unreachable,
2

hello

Have you solve your problem i got the same issue

3

No. Hard to say if it is fully related to Forecast.Solar API not being available or if the HA integration is having trouble reconnecting.

Since Forecast.Solar integration is suggested when you add your PV installation in HA, I’m a bit surprised that no more people is seeing this issue!?

4

Things went smooth for a few days and it occurred again right now. Their website was down for a while. It seems they struggle to keep their service up and running properly.

Any other alternatives?

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5

Hi,
I see absolutely the same error every 2 or 3 days in the log.
Maybe someone knows by now if this is a Solar API issue or some other problem.

6

Same here, don’t know what it is. Every other day this issue pops up, also meaning that the sensors are unavailable.

* sensor.energy_current_hour_2
* sensor.energy_next_hour_2
* sensor.energy_production_today_2
* sensor.energy_production_tomorrow_2
* sensor.power_highest_peak_time_today_2
* sensor.power_highest_peak_time_tomorrow_2
* sensor.power_production_now_2

I still have the graphical forest on my energy board though.
After some hours, it’s working again. I thought it would be an API request limit, but that is usually another error.

7

try solcast https://solcast.com/