[Release] AirNow.gov driver

[brianspranger]

This will allow you to get Air Quality from AirNow.gov. You need to create an account to get an API Key. You can create an account here:
AirNow API Documentation

Here is the driver.
https://github.com/bspranger/Hubitat_AirNow

[ajones]

Just curious.. what automations is anyone doing based off air quality? I want to get a smell sensor in my bathroom, maybe this will help!

[brianspranger]

I built my own Heat Recovery Ventilator for my house. When the furnace runs, I run the HRV to exchange stale air with fresh air. This assumes the outside air quality is good. If it's bad I don't exchange.

[65coupei6]

Can the Air Quality be reported in a tile?

[brianspranger]

Good question. I am just getting converted to hubitat and haven't figured out my dashboards yet.

[Matthew]

I have been using this driver for many months now....

Air Quality and Pollen Sensor

So on that 'other hub' I had installed two virtual sensors that grabbed Air Quality and Pollen readings from two different APIs available and they ported over without any changes. I thought I would share them just in case anyone else wants to use them for automations... AirNow Quality Index virtual device (You will need an API Key from AirNow API Documentation) Pollen Readings Here are samples of what is output: AQI Virtual Device Current States O3 : 38 O3Category : 1 O3CategoryNam…

and I can include it in my dash board....

I don't have any automation based on this. I include it on my weather dashboard, along with the pollen provided by the driver in the same link above.

[65coupei6]

Thank you. I just created the tile and it works.

[mdivaris]

@brianspranger Thanks for the driver - it has been really useful!

I'm sure you know this, but wanted to mention that it's pretty simple to modify this to get the AirNow AQI forecast by simply changing "path: 'observation/zipCode/current'," to "path: 'forecast/zipCode/'," on line 154 (obviously, this requires two copies of the driver and two devices - one for current, one for forecast). The vars the forecast returns have the same IDs, so the rest of the driver works as-is.

I'm not sure yet how accurate this forecast is as I have only been watching it for a couple of days, but so far, it's within the realm of credibility.