solcast-py

A Python client library for the Solcast API for photovoltaic power and solar radiation forecasting.

Sign up and find out more at https://solcast.com.au/api/ .

GitHub install

$ git clone https://github.com/FidFenix/Radiation.git
$ cd Radiation
$ python setup.py install

An API key is required to use the Solcast API. You can sign up for one at https://solcast.com.au

There are multiple ways of providing the API key to solcast-py:

You can set the environment variable SOLCAST_API_KEY:

$ export SOLCAST_API_KEY=<insert your API key here>

To persist this between sessions, add this line to your .bashrc (or equivalent).

Alternatively, you can pass the API key as the final positional argument, or the keyword argument api_key. For example:

>>> solcast.get_radiation_forecasts(-35, 149, hours=24)

or:

>>> solcast.get_pv_power_forecasts(-35, 149, capacity=2000, api_key='INSERTYOURAPIKEYHERE')