This service indicates the current weather conditions and/or temperature on two Phillips Hue
color light bulbs. This is accomplished via integration of the Phillips Hue API (phue package)
and Open Weather Map API (pyowm package).
At this point this is not particularly portable, and is specific to my use case and my color preferences. However it can easily be repurposed to your own implementation.
This project is inspired by friedmud/hue_weather.
- Phillips Hue bridge and two light bulbs
- A machine/server to host this service on your local network
- A free API key from Open Weather Map
- Docker
- Python 3
This application runs in a Docker container on my home server. It must be on the same local network as the Phillips Hue bridge.
To configure the service, create a config.py file containing the following settings.
HUE_ADDRESS = '192.168.1.113'
LEFT_BULB = 'Left Bulb'
RIGHT_BULB = 'Right Bulb'
OWM_API_KEY = 'Open Weather Map free api key'
LAT_LON = (123, 321) # Location address for weather forecast
SLEEP_TIME = 900 # In seconds
To allow the service to authenticate with the Phillips Hue bridge in your home,
you need to generate a .python_hue file using the phue package. It's really simple.
Please see the docs for phue for more information.
The following command will build the docker container and execute the script.
docker-compose up --build