Octopus Energy API

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Hey!

Has anyone managed to integrate with the octopus energy API?

Aydan

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WhyAyden, did you get any progress on this? I too would love to be able to receive my cheap rates

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Hello, no I did not :frowning:
I ended up going back to HomeAssistant as it was more what i wanted.

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Thanks for replying, if I get anywhere i will let you know.

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Hello, did you manage to make any progress?

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Ok so I have made progress sort of. It is a long winded way but I have a solution. I got chat gPT to write me an application that I have running on a raspberry pi that sends an update every minute to mqtt stating the charge time slots and also wether the current minute is in cheap rate mode or not. I then use the MQTT client in homey.

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Wow, impressive lateral thinking!

I got a Homey Pro to avoid having to fiddle with workarounds, Raspberry Pi, etc… but first impressions is it’s still far from plug 'n play.

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Maybe it’s possible to retreive data with homeyscript.
Can someone try this, or explain how I get a temporary API key (not a customer here)?

const myAPIKey = 'abc123' // change into personal API key here

const url = 'https://api.octopus.energy/v1/accounts/';
const res = await fetch(url, {
              headers : {
              'x-api-key': myAPIKey
              }
            });
            if (!res.ok) {
              throw new Error(res.status);
              return false;
            }

const json = await res.json();
//const value = json.value;
log (json);
return true;
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I am currently out of the country until 1st September. I will be able to help then as I got chat GPT to do that but for me too. lol I have a copy of the code

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Hi, I’m an Octopus customer, and have an API key, but I’m not a coder and am completely new to Homey Pro. I’ve installed the Homeyscript app, but not sure what to do next.

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Hi,

You can copy the code 1:1 by hitting the copy symbol:

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Goto Homeyscript (https://my.homey.app/scripts)

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Hit “New Homeyscript”, and paste the code in the top right screen, it should look similar to this:

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Change the example API key in line 1 to your personal key;

Hit the blue Save button, and then the green “Run” button next to it;

Now the results should show at the bottom screen, below “Console”

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As you can see, I got error 401 returned, which means ‘unauthorised’ (invalid API key)

I hope this gets you going.

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Thanks for your very detailed instructions… but unfortunately, I get exactly the same 401 error.

The URL https://api.octopus.energy/v1/accounts/ requires login credentials. So, do these need to be added to the script? (Sorry, I don’t really understand .json)

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Yes, you’ll have to change the example API key abc123 in Line 1, into the API key you received:

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Does that make any sense?
You can obtain your API key from your online dashboard (https://octopus.energy/dashboard/new/accounts/personal-details/api-access)

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And, you’re welcome!

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I am the same person that told you I have an API key.

I did use my own key, and when I got an error, I regenerated the key and tried again.

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Sorry about that, forgot / did not read back the topic.
If you are sure your API key is valid, I don’t know what to test next.

One thing what might error: the single quotes ' ' are needed around your API key in line 1, don’t leave them out.
Make sure they’re not fancy quotes (cursive). Only straight quotes are valid.

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Yes I double-checked, the syntax is correct. I’ve sent you a message.