# \[APP\]\[Pro\] TomTom EV Service **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, official, homey-pro\ **Created:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383 "2022-01-13T16:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/1 "2022-01-13T16:40:14Z")
## **TomTom EV Service - _Real-time charging station availability_** > **[TomTom EV Service | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.tomtom/TomTom-EV-Service/)** > > Real-time charging station availability * * * With this app you can add a Charging Station to your Homey. For example a public charging station near your Home. You’ll get availability insights in your Homey. ![Screenshot 2022-01-14 at 11.19.57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/1/e10904b4cf4d51969c22a7a5062b5cf7235ce988.png) * * * **Useful links** - [To-Do List](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/3) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/4) - [Changelog](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/2) * * * **Current features:** - Get Charging Stations - Get availability - Get Occupied * * * **Supported Languages:** - 🇬🇧 English - 🇳🇱 Dutch * * * **Contributions** If you appreciate this app, contribute to future development by making a [paypal contribution](https://www.paypal.me/martijnpoppen) or buy me a coffee on [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/martijnpoppen#checkoutModal) or [Bunq.me](https://bunq.me/MartijnPoppen) [![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/9/2916364caa1239076c12be293d270d5980d9d272.png)](https://paypal.me/martijnpoppen) [![ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/martijnpoppen#checkoutModal)[![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/4/8449771d527e7184562e1301d641dfc1e99a4261.png)](https://bunq.me/MartijnPoppen) * * * ## 💻 Apps made by @martijnpoppen See for more apps link below 👇🏻 or just open the pull down. > [@Apps made by @martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/t/apps-made-by-martijnpoppen/85812/1): > > Click to expand ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/2 "2022-01-13T16:40:20Z")
## Changelog **Live version and Test version** > Changelog can be viewed on the app page. ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/3 "2022-01-13T16:40:25Z")
## To do: > - Currently no items * * * ## Known Issues: > - Cant find Tesla stations in NL ([made an TomTom forum post](https://devforum.tomtom.com/t/ev-charging-stations-sources-missing-tesla-nl/2080)) ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/4 "2022-01-13T16:40:33Z")
# Frequently Asked Questions > **Q1:** **Obtaining an free API key:** > > TomTom is so nice to give 2500 free requests per day! > All you have to do is obtain a Free API Key (no creditcard required) > > **1.** Register your account at [Register | User account | TomTom Developer Portal](https://developer.tomtom.com/user/register) > **2.** Activate your email account by clicking the activation link in you inbox > **3.** Then go to you dashboard or click: [Login | User account | TomTom Developer Portal | Maps APIs and SDKs for Location Applications](https://developer.tomtom.com/user/me/apps) > **4.** And copy your API Key (the text in red): > > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/c/9c019c903e8b0ecb826649db25d37e74b40e27b8.png) > **Q2:** **Adding a Charging Station** > > - When adding an new charging station, paste in the API key from step 4 and press Login > - Type in the name or street of you desired charging station and press Search > - Select the changing station you were looking for and press Next > - Select your connection type (or select all) > - Click next ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/5 "2022-01-20T14:02:49Z")
## New app update (live: [1.1.2](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.tomtom/TomTom-Ev-Service)): > **Changelog:** > **1.** NEW: App release @matrover We’re live 😃 ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/6 "2022-01-20T14:08:42Z")
And thanks to @matrover for the app request 😃 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![matrover](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/matrover/32/12112_2.png) [@matrover](https://community.homey.app/u/matrover)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/7 "2022-01-20T14:17:17Z")
Yes! 🎉 Thank you for making this app! Very much appreciated! 👐 Donated a few beers 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/8 "2022-01-20T14:17:55Z")
Thank you for the beers and the great app idea! Really appreciated 😃 ---
**Author:** ![daniel3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@daniel3](https://community.homey.app/u/daniel3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/9 "2022-02-02T09:27:28Z")
Thanks for this awesome app! I do have one question though: almost everyday I receive a notification from TomTom where it says I reached the Free Requests Limit. Is there any way to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/10 "2022-02-02T09:28:22Z")
Hey @daniel3 Hmm then you reach the 50.000 requests per day. 🤔 How many EV points did you set up? ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/11 "2022-02-02T09:31:53Z")
You can set the update interval per EV point. (In the device settings.) Default interval is 300 seconds (5 minutes). So that’s 288 requests per day. Can you check this page: [https://developer.tomtom.com/user/me/apps/activity](https://developer.tomtom.com/user/me/apps/activity) ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/12 "2022-02-02T09:38:55Z")
So I was checking the tomtom dev docs. Seems like there are 2 types of API requests. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/e/6e60f74eb3fcb6dd38ae27df4e29849d33b0219b.png) The charging availability is the non-tile request. So we have 2500 requests per day available. If you want more request you could consider a extra account with a different API key. As you can set the API key per charging point in Homey. FYI @matrover ---
**Author:** ![daniel3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@daniel3](https://community.homey.app/u/daniel3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/13 "2022-02-02T09:56:15Z")
I have 4 EV points in my Homey, each of them having 2 charging options. But apparently it seems I edited the update interval to 120 seconds. That’s why I got the request limit. I changed the update interval to 300 seconds, so I think it will be fixed now. Thanks for the help 😄! ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/14 "2022-02-07T09:34:50Z")
## New app update (live: [1.1.3](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.tomtom/TomTom-Ev-Service)): > **Changelog:** > **1.** FIX: search api - ev box couldn’t be found @matrover adding a new ev box is working again. TomTom made a change in the API ---
**Author:** ![RogerSt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogerst/32/12432_2.png) [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/15 "2022-02-07T21:21:23Z")
Hi @martijnpoppen, Great app! One Q though: the ‘availability’ trigger is a true/false trigger. If the charge point has 10 outlets, it is only triggered from 9-\>10 (false) and 10\>9 (true). I would be interested in a availability\_count\_changed triggers. This would reduce the amount of flows I currently have. I do understand the reasoning behind true/false. But I am personally more interested in this app if it provides a change in the available outlets count. It would also be good if a variable could be set/initialized which reflects the total amount of ports. It would also be good if the name of the EV charger device is available as a parameter. Maybe a configurable ‘label’ variable can be set by the user when installing a new EV Charger device? But only if Homey does not have already a feature to use the name of the device in a flow. Not sure. Have not investigated yet… This way I can use a single flow WHEN [available\_outlet\_count IS CHANGED) THEN Simplelog "Available ports changed for [charger\_label]: [available]/[total\_ports] ports. ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/16 "2022-02-07T22:38:10Z")
Hey @RogerSt I like the Idea. Will implement and let you know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/17 "2022-02-18T09:37:30Z")
## New app update (test: [1.2.0](https://homey.app/a/com.tomtom/test/)): > **Changelog:** > **1.** NEW: add amount changed trigger flowcard @RogerSt added the flowcard. Can you give it a try? Also these tokens are included in the trigger card: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/c/3ca6c6a62006b42190aedef8774657e6c8527eb9.png) (Sorry in dutch 🙈 ) ---
**Author:** ![RogerSt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogerst/32/12432_2.png) [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/18 "2022-02-18T10:23:03Z")
How do I install from the test channel? ---
**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/19 "2022-02-18T10:23:45Z")
@RogerSt Go to this link and hit install > **[TomTom EV Service](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.tomtom/TomTom-EV-Service/)** > > Real-time charging station availability ---
**Author:** ![RogerSt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogerst/32/12432_2.png) [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383/20 "2022-02-18T10:39:03Z")
testing… will keep you posted and thanks! [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tomtom-ev-service/58383.md?page=2)