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Show HN: Nissan's Leaf app doesn't have a home screen widget so I made my own

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122 points kcon | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 02:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.285s | 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]▶
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. baloki ◴[14 Apr 25 07:50 UTC] No.43679025[source]▶
They’re API used to work via just providing a VIN however that also allowed remote control so you could just run through all the VINs Nissan uses and turn on remote heating, etc.

This was reported in the media which caused Nissan to start locking down their API something fierce.

Then the three years free of many services have started to expire for most vehicles, so locking it down more became a potentially profitable exercise so now they actual have development work against it.