Runtime Summary API

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I’m using the API to get the runtime summary but I don’t understand what the runtime_thermostat_summary_id is. It seems I have to determine that value first before I can drill down to get detailed info. Is that correct? I’m using TCL and I convert the JSON to a DICT and when I check the data key I get the entire remainder of the JSON when I just want the id so I can drill down to get just the data I want. Does this make sense?

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Bob

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You don’t actually need the runtime_thermostat_summary_id for anything. That’s just a unique ID for that specific row in my database. Beestat typically returns data in objects with the ID pointing at the data.

I believe in your cases you just want to use dict values to turn that object into an array you could iterate over. That should throw away those IDs.

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Hi Jon,

So in TCL, after converting the returned data to a dict, I would normally have to use the following to get the date:

set hpdate [dict get $api data $therm_id date]

where $api is the dict created from the JSON returned from my request, data is the key value, and $therm_id is the ID. If I just use:

set hpdate [dict get $api date] without drilling down I get an error.

I can get the therm_id by using a string command to get the value from the $api variable like this:

set therm_id [string range $api 19 26] but that doesn’t seem like good practice.

Maybe I need to check in with some TCL folks who are way more knowledgeable than me.

Thanks,

Bob

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I’m not too familiar with TCL, but one of the following might work.

Normally you would want to loop over the records; something like this:

set records [dict get $api data]

foreach therm_id [dict keys $records] {
    set rec_data [dict get $records $therm_id]
    set hpdate   [dict get $rec_data date]

    # do whatever you need with $hpdate here
}

If you just care about the first record, you could do this:

set records [dict get $api data]
set therm_id [lindex [dict keys $records] 0]
set hpdate   [dict get $records $therm_id date]
5

Thanks Jon, I’ll try these ideas and let you know how I make out.

Bob

6

Jon,

The second method worked perfectly and I am now able to access any or all of the items in the summary.

Thanks for the help - greatly appreciated. I definitely appreciate Beestat.

Bob

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