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+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.eliqonline
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+monitors home energy use for the eliq online service
+
+api documentation:
+  https://my.eliq.se/knowledge/sv-SE/49-eliq-online/299-eliq-online-api
+
+access to api access token:
+  https://my.eliq.se/user/settings/api
+
+current energy use:
+  https://my.eliq.se/api/datanow?accesstoken=<token>
+
+history:
+  https://my.eliq.se/api/data?startdate=2015-12-14&intervaltype=6min&accesstoken=<token>
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+from homeassistant.util import Throttle
+from homeassistant.const import (STATE_UNKNOWN, CONF_ACCESS_TOKEN, CONF_NAME)
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+REQUIREMENTS = ['eliqonline==1.0.11']
+
+MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(seconds=30)
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    import eliqonline
+
+    access_token = config.get(CONF_ACCESS_TOKEN)
+    name         = config.get(CONF_NAME)
+    channel_id   = config.get("channel_id")
+
+    if not access_token:
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            "Configuration Error"
+            "Please make sure you have configured your access token which can be aquired from https://my.eliq.se/user/settings/api")
+        return None
+
+    api = eliqonline.API(access_token)
+    add_devices([EliqSensor(api, channel_id, name)])
+        
+
+class EliqSensor(Entity):
+    """ Implements a Eliq sensor. """
+
+    def __init__(self, api, channel_id, name):
+        self._name = "Energy Usage"
+        if name:
+            self._name = name + " " + self._name
+        self._unit_of_measurement = "W"
+        self._state = STATE_UNKNOWN
+        
+        self.api = api
+        self.channel_id = channel_id
+        self.update()
+
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """ Returns the name. """
+        return self._name
+
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """ Unit of measurement of this entity, if any. """
+        return self._unit_of_measurement
+
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """ Returns the state of the device. """
+        return self._state
+
+
+    @Throttle(MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES)
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest data """
+        self._state = int(self.api.get_data_now(channelid=self.channel_id).power)