GivEnergy and Polybar: Show stats from Solar array in my status bar

This was a quick fun hack to pull back the data from my solar inverter and display it in my status bar.

Here’s the code

Uses

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	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	import datetime
	from givenergy_modbus.client import GivEnergyClient
	from givenergy_modbus.model.plant import Plant

	try:
	client = GivEnergyClient(host="10.0.1.254")
	p = Plant(number_batteries=1)
	client.refresh_plant(p, full_refresh=True)

	def format_color(color: str, text: str):
	return "%{F" + color + "}" + text + "%{F-}"

	def format_wattage(input: int):
	if input > 1000:
	return f"{input/1000}Kw"
	return f"{input}w"

	def format_icon(input: str):
	return format_color("#F0C674", f" {input} ")

	surplus = p.inverter.p_load_demand < (p.inverter.p_pv1 + p.inverter.p_pv2)
	if surplus:
	lightening_color = "#2d862d"
	else:
	lightening_color = "#b30000"

	output = format_color(lightening_color, "")
	output += format_icon("") + format_wattage(p.inverter.p_load_demand)
	output += format_icon("󰶛") + format_wattage(p.inverter.p_pv1 + p.inverter.p_pv2)
	output += format_icon("") + str(p.inverter.battery_percent) + "%"
	output += format_icon("") + format_wattage(p.inverter.p_grid_out)

	print(output)
	except Exception as e:
	print("Error talking to inverter")

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	[module/givenergy]
	type = custom/script
	exec = $HOME/.config/polybar/givenergy.py
	interval = 60