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+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.yr
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Yr.no weather service.
+
+Configuration:
+
+Will show a symbol for the current weather as default:
+sensor:
+  platform: yr
+
+Will show temperatue and wind direction:
+sensor:
+  platform: yr
+  monitored_conditions:
+    - temperature
+    - windDirection
+
+"""
+import logging
+import datetime
+import urllib.request
+import xmltodict
+
+from homeassistant.const import ATTR_ENTITY_PICTURE
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Sensor types are defined like so:
+SENSOR_TYPES = {
+    'symbol': ['Symbol', ''],
+    'precipitation': ['Condition', ''],
+    'temperature': ['Temperature', '°C'],
+    'windSpeed': ['Wind speed', 'm/s'],
+    'pressure': ['Pressure', 'hPa'],
+    'windDirection': ['Wind direction', '°'],
+    'humidity': ['Humidity', ''],
+    'fog': ['Fog', '%'],
+    'cloudiness': ['Cloudiness', '%'],
+    'lowClouds': ['Low clouds', '%'],
+    'mediumClouds': ['Medium clouds', '%'],
+    'highClouds': ['High clouds', '%'],
+    'dewpointTemperature': ['Dewpoint temperature', '°C'],
+}
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Get the yr.no sensor. """
+
+    if None in (hass.config.latitude, hass.config.longitude):
+        _LOGGER.error("Latitude or longitude not set in Home Assistant config")
+        return False
+
+    from astral import Location, GoogleGeocoder
+
+    location = Location(('', '', hass.config.latitude, hass.config.longitude,
+                         hass.config.time_zone, 0))
+
+    google = GoogleGeocoder()
+    try:
+        google._get_elevation(location)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        _LOGGER.info(
+            'Retrieved elevation from Google: %s', location.elevation)
+        elevation = location.elevation
+    except urllib.error.URLError:
+        # If no internet connection available etc.
+        elevation = 0
+
+    coordinates = dict(lat=hass.config.latitude,
+                       lon=hass.config.longitude, msl=elevation)
+
+    dev = []
+    if 'monitored_conditions' in config:
+        for variable in config['monitored_conditions']:
+            if variable not in SENSOR_TYPES:
+                _LOGGER.error('Sensor type: "%s" does not exist', variable)
+            else:
+                dev.append(YrSensor(coordinates, variable))
+
+    if len(dev) == 0:
+        dev.append(YrSensor(coordinates, "symbol"))
+    add_devices(dev)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+class YrSensor(Entity):
+    """ Implements an Yr.no sensor. """
+
+    def __init__(self, coordinates, sensor_type):
+        self.client_name = ''
+        self._name = SENSOR_TYPES[sensor_type][0]
+        self.type = sensor_type
+        self._state = None
+        self._weather_data = None
+
+        self._unit_of_measurement = SENSOR_TYPES[self.type][1]
+        self._nextrun = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)
+        self._url = 'http://api.yr.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/1.9/?' \
+            'lat={lat};lon={lon};msl={msl}'.format(**coordinates)
+
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return '{} {}'.format(self.client_name, self._name)
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """ Returns the state of the device. """
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def state_attributes(self):
+        """ Returns state attributes. """
+        data = {}
+        data[''] = "Weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the"\
+            " Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK"
+        if self.type == 'symbol':
+            symbol_nr = self._state
+            data[ATTR_ENTITY_PICTURE] = "http://api.met.no/weatherapi/weathericon/1.1/" \
+                                        "?symbol=" + str(symbol_nr) + \
+                                        ";content_type=image/png"
+        return data
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """ Unit of measurement of this entity, if any. """
+        return self._unit_of_measurement
+
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest data from yr.no and updates the states. """
+        if datetime.datetime.now() > self._nextrun:
+            try:
+                response = urllib.request.urlopen(self._url)
+            except urllib.error.URLError:
+                return
+            if response.status != 200:
+                return
+            _data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
+            self._weather_data = xmltodict.parse(_data)['weatherdata']
+            model = self._weather_data['meta']['model']
+            if '@nextrun' not in model:
+                model = model[0]
+            self._nextrun = datetime.datetime.strptime(model['@nextrun'],
+                                                       "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+            time_data = self._weather_data['product']['time']
+
+            for k in range(len(self._weather_data['product']['time'])):
+                temp_data = time_data[k]['location']
+                if self.type in temp_data:
+                    if self.type == 'precipitation':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@value']
+                    elif self.type == 'temperature':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@value']
+                    elif self.type == 'windSpeed':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@mps']
+                    elif self.type == 'pressure':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@value']
+                    elif self.type == 'windDirection':
+                        self._state = float(temp_data[self.type]['@deg'])
+                    elif self.type == 'humidity':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@value']
+                    elif self.type == 'fog':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@percent']
+                    elif self.type == 'cloudiness':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@percent']
+                    elif self.type == 'lowClouds':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@percent']
+                    elif self.type == 'mediumClouds':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@percent']
+                    elif self.type == 'highClouds':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@percent']
+                    elif self.type == 'dewpointTemperature':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@value']
+                    elif self.type == 'symbol':
+                        self._state = temp_data[self.type]['@number']
+                    return