I3 blocks kW/h price for energy

Provides a script for showing how much energy costs right now. This is done using the Enrgi West API. It returns the price for the current hour and stores it in a JSON object. Maybe changing it later to be a SQLite database.

Example

Using

Clone the repo into your i3blocks folder (typically ~/.config/i3blocks/ or ~/.config/i3blocks/scripts). Then add the block below into your config file:

[Energy]
markup=pango
command=~/.config/i3blocks/i3-energy-tracker/main.py now
background=#000000
interval=600

refresh your i3 bar (alt+shift+r)

Todo:

Some todo items:

• Pick some better colors for the block (Maybe use RGBA?).
• Add configuration for selecting ranges.
  • Add cli configuration for cutoffs (setting COLOR_MIN and COLOR_MAX via cli).
  • Add a setting for selecting coloring based on percentage of highest and lowest price for the day.
• Add an on click event that shows a table of prices for the whole day.
  • Write the pango element code.
  • Get it to show with Rofi.
  • Make the on click event + Rofi work.
• Add support for selecting more markets (eg. Denmark Eastern Market or custom variable ones.)
  • Added in a comment thje east market price data.
  • Add a check so that the JSON file is the correct market data if you switch.