Heyas fellow home gadget enthusiasts, I created a moon light that I want to hang in the bathroom that shows and transitions between different lighting set-ups, based on the current moon phase. I searched all apps for triggers I could use, I found that the Openweather API gives you the moonphase but…

This API is free for 500 requests/month.

Wonderful. Thank you! Are there any apps using this?

Can’t find app store imfo, or forum topics regardig moon events. But OpenWeather app provides for it. This is an example of OpenWeather moondata: "dt":1707130800,"sunrise":1707116380,"sunset":1707149293,"moonrise":1707104820,"moonset":1707128340,"moon_phase":0.83," Moon phase is presented as a n…

Thank you for that! The moon phase card in the app lets you check for 8 phases, it doesn’t pass on the gradient value. But in the end that will work out better, I think, I’m going with it. Thanks again!

Heyhey @Peter_Kawa Peter, coming back to this. If I want the numeric float moon phase I am going to have to start sending http calls to openweather or the moon api and parse the return json, correct? The 8-slice moon pizza just doesn’t work for me, I need gradual color change in my moonlamp :-/ so…

Let me ask an actual question. Could anyone help me out and give me a starting point for how to query API’s with flow cards and how to parse the return JSON?

Hi, just read your post. Perhaps it’s better if I add a new numeric capability for the moon phase to OpenWeather app. Just as tag and flow trigger hidden in device details.

Just as tag and flow trigger hidden in device details. I don’t know exactly what a hidden trigger is, and I haven’t used tags so far, but if I can use it, I’m up for it. So thank you in advance, @RonnyW !!!

I will take a look at the moon phase next week. Still on :beach_umbrella:. So please be patient :slightly_smiling_face:

Now I understand, by here, how JSON is working then Moon-API was the next project. Sadly I may not get a Plan for them. Not directly (Account) or indirectly (Google) because I have no authority to do so.

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RonnyW January 8, 2025, 6:08pm 12

The moonphase was added to OpenWeather app. Perhaps you can use this?

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