Sunnyportal Scraper

NodeJS library to retrieve information on PV plants from the Sunnyportal.
Documentation can be found here. An example file is included here

Usage

Import the library and instantiate a new Scraper.

const Scraper = require("sunnyportal-scraper");
const scraper = new Scraper('username', 'password');

Parameters for all operations can be found in the docs.
Setup the scraper. This operation is asynchronous.

await scraper.setup(false); 

Additional parameters can be specified, especially if chromium doesnt run. Refer to puppeteer troubleshooting.

await scraper.setup(false, ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']);

To start the loop that updates the data:

await scraper.start();

// Retrieve data
let data = scraper.getData();

After your application has finished, close the browser instance

await scraper.destroy();

Tests

Tests can be run using Mocha. Username and password have to be provided using environment variables.

SUNNY_USER = username
SUNNY_PASS = password