From 1712e3807c7f9a1ae1b3fe8ca76ae56a8106961d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J.P. Krauss" Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:23:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add AirNow Integration (#14502) Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- source/_integrations/airnow.markdown | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_integrations/airnow.markdown diff --git a/source/_integrations/airnow.markdown b/source/_integrations/airnow.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b95a196bb97 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_integrations/airnow.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +title: AirNow +description: Instructions on how to integrate AirNow within Home Assistant. +ha_category: + - Health +ha_release: 2021.2 +ha_iot_class: Cloud Polling +ha_config_flow: true +ha_codeowners: + - '@asymworks' +ha_domain: airnow +--- + +The `airnow` integration uses the [AirNow](https://www.airnow.gov/) web service +as a source for air quality data for your location. + +## Setup + +To generate an AirNow API key, go to the [AirNow Developer Tools Page](https://docs.airnowapi.org/account/request/) page. + +## Configuration + +To add AirNow to your installation, go to **Configuration** >> **Integrations** in the UI, click the button with `+` sign and from the list of integrations select **AirNow**. By default, the values will be taken from the Home Assistant configuration. + +
+ +The AirNow API allows 500 data updates per hour, but since observations are only updated hourly, the default update rate is set to 2 per hour and should not trigger rate limiting. If you use this API key for other purposes, ensure the total request rate does not exceed 500 per hour. + +