Hello all,
Did someone figure out how to use xdrip data in HA? I am using the companion option in xdrip to receive camappsfx data. I tried to upload the data to Dexcom share and the use the Dexcom integration to get it into HA. But that doesn’t work.
I don’t want to set up a nightscout instance for that.
Xdrip has a Webserver option which may work for that. But that goes over my head. Anyone make it work already? Thanks for your tips.
That’s not easy to respond to. What do you see in terms of “not working”? Is the data getting to dexcom? Are you getting errors in HA.
I just looked at xdrip. There is are options under inter-app settings that refer to an API and a web service. Poorly documented.
Nightscout just works, in case you change your mind.
Hi Nickrout,
thank you for your help.
I do not get errors in Home assistant. Just don`t get any values.
I think xdrip is not uploading data comming from camappsfx to dexcom share. I guess xdrip wants to receive data by bluetooth.
I cannot check if data is stored on dexcom share because i cannot invite somenone.
Besides the web server there is also the rest api. This is usually used for communication with nightscout. Maybe It can be used by home assistant.
I don’t know what camappsfx is.
Is there a reason why you don’t want to use nightscout?
It is a Hybrid-Closed-Loop-App. It is installed on a smartphone. It is connected via bluetooth with the dexcom sensor and with the insulin pump and handles the insulin dose according to the glucose values and some AI stuff.
xdrip is somehow receiving the glucose values from camappsfx but not directly via bluetooth.
I do not need nightscout because the camappsfx follower app is pretty good. The values are also uploaded to glooko.com for the clinic. But they do not have an API.
It needs some time and money to set up nightscout and keep it running. I would like to avoid that.
Yeah I googled it just now. These things look cool until you realize they don’t support your pump!
Looks like you are paying plenty for it and maybe they need some pressure to produce an API. They are after all uploading to glooko. A rest API is pretty well standard programming these days.
Is that because you don’t have someone to share with? Willing to help here.
It is for sure better than what we had before. It is for my son (6). It is covered by our health insurance. We live in Germany. So we do not pay anything. I asked Glooko for an API and they forwarded it to their developers. Nope.
Thank you for your offer. To invite someone to dexcom share I need to fully setup the dexcom G6 app icluding connecting a sensor. That is not an option since the sensor is connected to camapsfx. I know it has a second bluetooth slot, but I don’t want to play around with this stuff.
I think I will ask a friend to help me to maybe connect to the rest API of xdrip.
My G6 successfully transmits to xdrip and to my pump. But I do understand why you don’t want to muck about with the setup.
This looks helpful
I see it has a tasker endpoint. May be helpful.
Thank you very much so far. I was hoping there would be more people interested in this topic, than just the two of us. I will post my solution here, if any.
Perhaps because most people use nightscout or dexcom. There is lots of interest in T1 diabetes in general here.
You are not alone! My daughter (12) will receive Ypsopump tomorrow. So far the past few weeks I’ve been playing along with the integration of the Libre 3 sensor via its integration. But we’re also moving to CamAPS FX tomorrow and my new stylish “diabetic lamps” (Tuya bulbs) for silent alarms will stop working until I get data from CamAPS FX too.
Why not use nightscout?
Hadn’t thought that much about it, it would just mean one more thing I’d have to setup. But if it makes it easier I might just try it anyway.
No worries. I have plenty of servers at home already. 
However if we were to move house my server would be offline, so maybe a hosted solution is the safest bet right now.
Well there are VPNs and such like, but yes, that’s why I use t1pal.com.
There are docker stacks for nightscout, but haven’t tried one for a while.
First of all: I have no solution. I’m just checking in to describe my way of handling this and to leave a trail for possible future development.
I’m using Nightscout as well. Self hosted for my daughter and myself. We both use the ypsopump with CamAPS FX, but different sensors (Dexcom G6 and Freestyle Libre 3). Using nightscout via xdrip+ in companion mode allows me to connect it to Home Assistant without having to worry about specific services and how to integrate them into HA.
But: It is a setup that needs some time to get it running and it’s not as straightforward as you might want it to be. xdrip+ is listening (reading the notifications) on our phones to get the values. It then sends them to Nightscout where I do nothing else with them. But it allows Home Assistant’s Nightscout Integration to access the blood glucose value, but nothing more (no sensor trend, no history in case of loss somewhere on this path, no alarms).
A direct approach would be better in my opinion, but other than hijacking CamAPS FX’s companion mode there is nothing I can think of.
I just looked into the Nightscout integration and realized, that it indeed contains some more data than I thought (although still not the original data from the CGM sensor). If you expand the attributes of the sensor it shows delta and a trend arrow (direction):
I use rest sensors to get my nightscout readings. (Same as you, G6–>xdrip±->nightscout.)
I honestly can’t recall why I chose rest over the nightscout integration, but it may have been a lack of support for mmol/L units.