# Points update?

**URL:** <https://community.purpleair.com/t/points-update/11065>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/points-update/11065 "2025-01-02T22:20:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpattee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dpattee](https://community.purpleair.com/u/dpattee)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/points-update/11065/1 "2025-01-02T22:20:29Z")

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Back in 2023 I tried integrating a Purple sensor in to my home automation system, the plugin blew through my “points” and I abandoned it and just used my AirLink data.

I am switching HA programs (to ‘home assistant’) and figured I’d look in to integrating the 2x Purple’s again.

I created a new key and project, and saw that there were still “points” and a new “Burn-out” metric. It appears I’ll have to pay $10 per month to use my Purples.

There was a post from January of 2024 implying that we’d somehow be getting enough ‘free points’ to use our own data ourselves? I’m not sure if anything ever came of that. I don’t see anything other than the refunded points I got back in 2023 and the extra points I bought this week so I could have a month worth of testing available to me.

Is there a local api yet? Or a ‘points for sensor owners’ system actually in place?

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**Author:** ![Kieran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/kieran/32/6220_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Kieran)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/points-update/11065/2 "2025-01-03T19:08:44Z")

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Hi @dpattee

The points system you mentioned is still in development. However, we do not want sensor owners to pay for the data from their sensors. Please send a request to [contact@purpleair.com](mailto:contact@purpleair.com) and we can manually grant you points.

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**Author:** ![dwhitemv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/dwhitemv/32/1508_2.png) [@dwhitemv](https://community.purpleair.com/u/dwhitemv)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/points-update/11065/3 "2025-01-07T01:39:49Z")

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> Is there a local api yet?

There’s been a local API for a long time. Details here:

> [@View Sensor Data Locally Over WiFi (JSON Data)](https://community.purpleair.com/t/view-sensor-data-locally-over-wifi-json-data/5513):
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> Documentation for JSON data obtained from a sensor is found in our [Sensor JSON Documentation](https://community.purpleair.com/t/local-json-documentation/6917)Finding Your Sensor’s IP Address You can get the same data from your PurpleAir device that it sends to the map. To do this, you will need to first [connect your device to wifi](https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-start-up-guide/182) so it can be assigned an IP address on your network. This IP address can then be used within the same network to access the sensor. Details on how to find the assigned IP address differ depending on the exact router or network se…