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122 points kcon | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 02:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source

Nissan's official mobile app for their LEAF electric car doesn't have a widget for quickly checking the car's battery charge status on your phone's home screen, so for a fun side project I decided to make my own using free tools like GitHub Actions, Appium, Tailscale, and Apple Shortcuts.

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STELLANOVA ◴[14 Apr 25 03:22 UTC] No.43677779[source]▶

>>43677610 (OP) #

Great work! I love commitment to make it at no cost as @liamwire mentioned. Still not sure why on Earth car manufacturers would not just release APIs open to all owners (basically issue API key based on VIN) and let them use it. For developers to build apps that will only require API key to be entered would be win/win for everyone....

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1. 0XAFFE ◴[14 Apr 25 07:17 UTC] No.43678850[source]▶

>>43677779 #

Car APIs are $$$.

If you want to have some unified API check https://enode.com/connect, but that too costs a premium.

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