Check My Solar - Building a new app

[jkpe]

Hi everyone!

In May I had my own Fox system installed and became a bit obsessed with checking my stats

I've been building Check My Solar. I set out to build a simple dashboard for myself and things have escalated from there . Many thanks to this forum and the existing content on Github (TonyM1958), both have done a fantastic job of documenting the API <3. My app isn't as advanced as the excellent Energy Stats but serves as a web app alternative.

I would like to open-source this eventually so users can self-host, and so other developers can learn about the Fox API. I'm very conscious of respecting user privacy so it's been a bit of a minefield building an app like this, but I think I'm at a good place to start sharing it and hopefully getting some early feedback from the community.

I think this is one of the first apps to make use of Fox oauth login. I discovered some issues with the API like not being able to retrieve device settings (Workmode etc) when authenticated with oauth headers e.g.

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/op/v0/device/setting/get - error 41811

I would love to work with somebody from Fox to iron this out.

Some high level features:

• Live Energy Flow showing power from PV to house, battery, grid
• Historical view of energy flow across days, weeks, months and years
• Easily view device details such as serial numbers, battery status, temperatures etc.
• Set your electricity import and export rates to see financial insights
• Create an account (password less) and link your Fox Cloud account via API key or automatic sign-in (Oauth)
• Oauth permissions are read-only and API keys are encrypted before they're stored
• Can be installed as a Progressive Web App to mobile devices, or added to your Dock on Desktop etc
• Push notifications and Email reports

The app is entirely free to use. I plan to implement Push notifications and email reports as a paid upgrade for a small fee in the future once I have ironed out any bugs (sorry about any bugs!)

If you'd like to try it out all feedback is most appreciated! I've only tested so far on a H1-G2 (my system) and a KH10.
Anybody who wants to try notifications let me know and I will enable your account.

[MagicDude4Eva]

Any chance to publish this on Github - at least the Opensource version?

2nd question: I understand why you do this, as FoxESS Cloud v2 (https://www.foxesscloud.com/v2/login) is taking forever to take shape. Would you then also support device settings (like export limits etc what the v2 webapp has?)

For me it would be valuable just to know if my devices are on an old firmware and that I am getting meaningful notifications (preferably iOS push notifications, or otherwise Telegram or Signal).

[tony.matthews1]

Tried it out on classic H1 - works so far as I can see and it's a nice interface.

The best person to talk to about OAUTH is probably Al Priest - I know he has also been looking at this. You can also try William Eccles and he may be able to put you in touch with the developers at Fox.

[iew100]

I'd like to test out the notifications please. I've signed up to the website using my gmail account (same handle as this account). Thanks.

[jkpe]

Any chance to publish this on Github - at least the Opensource version?

Yes that is the plan, just need some time to document various parts and I will publish.

I'd like to test out the notifications please. I've signed up to the website using my gmail account (same handle as this account). Thanks.

Done!

Tried it out on classic H1 - works so far as I can see and it's a nice interface.

The best person to talk to about OAUTH is probably Al Priest - I know he has also been looking at this. You can also try William Eccles and he may be able to put you in touch with the developers at Fox.

Thanks Tony!