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https://github.com/homebridge-plugins/homebridge-air

Homebridge plugin for AirNow Web-API Air Quality Sensor
https://github.com/homebridge-plugins/homebridge-air

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Homebridge plugin for AirNow Web-API Air Quality Sensor

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# Homebridge Air




The Homebridge Air
plugin allows you monitor the current AirQuality for your Zip Code from HomeKit and Siri.

## Installation

1. Search for "Air" on the plugin screen of [Homebridge Config UI X](https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x).
2. Click **Install**.

## Configuration

1. Login / create an account at https://airnow.gove/

2. Type in your AirNow.gov API Key and Zip Code
3. Click Save
4. Restart Homebridge

## Supported Air Quality Providers

Currently supports AQI Services:

- [AirNow](https://www.airnow.gov/) which is limited to the USA. A valid ZipCode is required.
- [Aqicn](https://www.aqicn.org/) which has international support, provided by the [World Air Quality Index Project](http://waqi.info/).

Depending on where exactly you would like to monitor AQI, one service may be more appropriate than the other.

## Supported Air Quality Features

This plugin will create an AirQualitySensor element. The Home app works well, but the Eve app seems to show more measurements. Measurements retrieved are PM2.5, PM10, & O3 for AirNow. Aqicn adds NO2, SO2, CO...

## Thanks

Thank you to [ToddGreenfield](https://github.com/ToddGreenfield) for the the work done on the accesorry based plugin [homebridge-airnow](https://github.com/ToddGreenfield/homebridge-airnow/blob/master/README.md).