Unofficial Solcast Node.js

This is an unofficial Node.js API client library for the Solcast API. The Solcast API provides high time granularity Solar Radiation and PV panel generation forecasts. The official Solcast website: https://solcast.com.au/

Install

Using npm

npm install solcast-unofficial

From source

clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/spelexander/solcast-unofficial.git

Install unirest http lib:

npm install unirest

Usage

const Solcast = require("solcast-unofficial")

// Init object with API Key (arg1) and Debug level (arg2) (can also set a diff url and other params)
var solcast = new Solcast("API KEY", 1);

// Location long and lat for the forecast
var lat = -35.277;
var long = 149.117;

// Gets radiation forecast
solcast.getRADForcasts(long, lat)
.then(result => {
  // Log results
    console.log(result);
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
});

// Installation capacity in watts (e.g. 5 kW system)
var capacity = 5000;

// Gets PV generation forecast
solcast.getPVEstimatedActuals(long, lat, capacity)
.then(result => {
  // Log results
    console.log(result);
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
});