Download a solar system forecast from Solcast
Solcast allows you to setup the details of your solar system, size, orientation, location etc. It then provides an API so you can download this forecast on a regular basis.
This flow downloads that 3 day forecast on an hourly basis, provides a simple dashboard as well as sets up a bunch of global values for use within your flows.
This code downloads a solar forecast for use with home automation within node-red.
Firstly you need to setup an account with solcast. https://solcast.com/
Setup your site with details on your solar panels, size, orientation etc. This will then provide you with a site ID an authentication details.
You will need to edit the http node (SolarForecast) in node-red. Change the URL to include your resource-id and also change the bearer token.
Resource ID is the API URL from the solcast site page Bearer tolken is the API key which comes from your account page in solcast.
By default it’s scheduled to run every hour.
Download Solcast dashboard as well to give you a working dashboard
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