MMM-EskomSePush

A MagicMirror² module to display South African Loadshedding schedule using data from EskomSePush.

2.5hr Stint

4.5hr Stint

No Loadshedding

Invalid Area

Dependencies

• Requires MagicMirror² v2.23.0
• node-fetch v2.6.1
• luxon v3.4.2

Installation

In your terminal, go to your MagicMirror's Module folder:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/mumblebaj/MMM-EskomSePush.git

cd MMM-EskomSePush
npm install

Add the module to the modules array in the config/config.js file:

        {
            module: "MMM-EskomSePush",
            position: "middle_center", //Works best at middle_center. May not display all that well in other positions
            disabled: false,
            config: {
              token: "your token",
              area: "yourarea",
              updateInterval: 30*60*1000,
              fetchInterval: 30*60*1000
            }
},

Updates

v1.2.8

• On request have added a config to hide all elements when there is no Loadshedding scheduled.
• New option hideElements have been added and can accept a value of both. This will auto hide the module content when there is no loadshedding. This config can be removed to show the current No Loadshedding.

v1.2.7

• Updates to css to align better.
• add MagicMirror Platform license

V1.2.4

• Updated module to show No upcoming loadshedding when there are no events for the scheduled stage.

V1.2.2

• Updates to remove invalid extra 30 minutes from display
• With recent updates by City Power the current area code has been updated. Ensure latest area code is used if you live in the Johannesburg area.

Registration for Token

Go to EskomSePush and register for a free account. This allows you 50 calls per day. Obtain your token and determine your area as both these are required as input into the module.

To Obtain your area you can run the collowing command from the command line:

curl --request GET --url https://developer.sepush.co.za/business/2.0/areas_search?text=your-area-goes-here --header 'token: your-espsepush-token-here'

• Replace your-area-goes-here with partial of your area
• Replace your-espsepush-token-here with your ESP Token

From the result set you can select the correct id for your area from the list.

{"areas":[{"id":"jhbcitypower3-5-goldenharvestah","name":"Golden Harvest A.H (5)","region":"JHB City Power"},{"id":"jhbcitypower3-11-harveston","name":"Harveston (11)","region":"JHB City Power"}]}

Updating

To update the module to the latest version, use your terminal to go to your MMM-EskomSePush module folder and type the following command:

cd MMM-EskomSePush
git pull
npm install