NSW Fuel Prices

[k3tan]

Hi,
I was wondering if someone would be interested in creating a module for the prices of fuel in NSW, Australia? The API can be found here: https://api.nsw.gov.au/fuel-price-check/apis

Thanks

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I registered for an api key. Because I had a really good time when I lived in Australia I might integrate it in the MMM-fuel module.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 that would be incredible, thank you for your time and effort. once you’ve done it, PM me your bitcoin address and I’ll be happy to show you my appreciation ;)

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I registered for an api key, but every time I’m trying to login the page times out. I will try again in a couple of days.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 I think they need to approve it. Hopefully it gets approved during business hours. Let me know how you go in a few days time.

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan meanwhile I was able to login, but I’m still in a pending state :(

[strawberry 3.141]

Seems like your government employes the same lazy folk as mine, it’s still pending.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 Yep. That’s NSW government for you. Mine is also still pending. zzz.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 hey mate, mine just got approved, so I think you can expect yours soon as well

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I will see if i can find time this weekend.

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I played around a little bit this weekend. Sadly the api is documented poorly so it will take a while to figure out all pieces.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 i’d expect nothing less from our government. thanks for taking a look!

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I just got a response from the support. Hopefully i can create a prototype during the Christmas holidays.

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 fantastic, looking forward to it. thanks once again.

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan I finally finished a protoype.

I’m looking for people who are willing to test prices

• nsw australia

how to test:

• if not already done, clone the repository to your modules cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/ && git clone https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-Fuel.git
• go to the module cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Fuel
• run git fetch
• run git checkout feature/api-nsw
• run npm i
• test various config options

[card:fewieden/MMM-Fuel]

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 hey thanks for putting this together. just trying to test the config options. can you let me know what you put into your config file? API, lat,lng etc?

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-Fuel/blob/626b1434e64380475f6430086ce47bebb038b8ed/README.md#nsw-australia-nsw-only

{
  module: "MMM-Fuel",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    provider: 'nsw',
    api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    secret: 'YOUR_API_SECRET',
    lat: -33.881964,
    lng: 151.172128,
    types: ["diesel", "e5"],
    sortBy: "diesel",
    radius: 10,
    max: 5,
  }
},

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141
thanks. i’ve just done some testing.

couple of comments so far:

• your ‘E5’ is picking up P95. Can you change the heading to P95?
• your diesel (DL) price is correct for stations that have diesel. however, if the station has premium diesel (PDL), it shows as “>155.9”.

The possible fuel types the API serves are the following:
Ethanol 94 (E10)
Unleaded 91 (U91)
Ethanol 105 (E85)
Premium 95 (P95)
Premium 98 (P98)
Diesel (DL)
Premium Diesel (PDL)
Biodiesel 20 (B20)
LPG (LPG)
CNG/NGV (CNG)
EV charge (EV)

Are all these fuel types supported, or just E5 and Diesel at this stage? If I change the fuel type to E10 for instance, would it work?

Also, I have a list of favorite stations I want to keep tabs on. Is it possible to feed those specific stations in and get the price of those?

thanks for all your help so far, much appreciated!

[k3tan]

@strawberry-3-141 hey mate, just went through some of your code as well as the API itself. i see there’s a page for ‘closest stations’ and a ‘cheapest stations’. is it possible to get like a page of ‘favorites’ where i can input stationcode and display those?
i don’t really need cheapest and closest.
ps. ive also figured out that only P95 and Diesel work at this stage. all good.
cheers

[strawberry 3.141]

@k3tan you’re right e5 => P95 and diesel => DL as their are known here.

If a station is not providing one of the fuel types the module takes the most expensive price for that type that it got as a response and puts a greater than before.

Favourites are not implemented and also not trivial to do, as all data providers are based on nearby searches and limited in the response.