Pull realtime and trend power data from a home Sense energy monitor via its unofficial API
domain: github.com/scottbonline/sense · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Note there is no official Sense API; integrations rely on reverse-engineered client libraries such as scottbonline/sense (Python) or brbeaird/sense-energy-node (Node.js)
Authenticate once with Sense account credentials to obtain a session, reusing the same client instance rather than re-authenticating repeatedly
Open a websocket connection to receive realtime power data, then close it immediately after reading a data packet
Call the trend-data update method separately to retrieve historical/trend stats per device
Avoid keeping multiple concurrent websocket streams open on one account
Known gotchas
Sense may change or break this undocumented API at any time with no notice
Re-authenticating more than once every 15-20 minutes risks rate limiting
Leaving the websocket open instead of closing it after each read can trigger rate limits and interfere with the official Sense app
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