22 hours ago, system32 said:

Broken, just like everything else at Eskom 😞

@system32 hahaha yes anything Eskom related is horrible 

16 minutes ago, Mamod1 said:

@WannabeSolarSparky yes I noticed earlier today to was working but now it is broken again, guess it's best to perhaps poll the endpoint like you said then store the information until the next successful poll happens (when successful then I'll update with most recent schedule) 

I note that sometimes it returns a blank message, so I poll ( every 5 secs) till I get a valid readout..

 

47 minutes ago, DaveAWalker said:

I note that sometimes it returns a blank message, so I poll ( every 5 secs) till I get a valid readout..

 

I think polling every 5 sec when down is too aggressive for a public service.

I take a sample once every 60 minutes and use the previous value if I get an error.

Edited May 6, 20233 yr by system32

Hey creator of the Eskom calendar and machine_friendly.csv:  Looks really awesome !  

On 2023/04/11 at 3:02 PM, beyarkay said:

Glad you're getting good use from it! What's your website URL?

Definitely one of the better API's out there 😀

On my home automation I am using it inside node-red, on my website it is simply in an iframe:
https://rooftopsolar.co.za/eskom-loadshedding-calendar/

On 2023/04/05 at 11:10 AM, beyarkay said:

Hey! Creator of eskom-calendar here, I'm glad you like what I've made 😄 Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, or let me know if there are any issues. I'm here to help.

 

- Boyd

Hi Boyd

Just to confirm, once I have added this to my Calendar - it will update with any changes that Eskom makes to the schedule automatically ?

On 2023/04/05 at 11:10 AM, beyarkay said:

Hey! Creator of eskom-calendar here, I'm glad you like what I've made 😄 Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, or let me know if there are any issues. I'm here to help.

 

- Boyd

Hey I'm interested in which API you signed up for to get the data?

Is there a way to see when load shedding has finished, like when the power has been restored after load shedding? 

I'm wanting to try  build some small to tell me when power has been restored  for my own personal use.