Hello, I’ve relied heavily on the Sensor Data Download Tool, for quick and repeated update checks of my latest meter channels readings: Sensor data download tool | PurpleAir which is unfortunately now retired. The two suggested options indicated on the retirement page are not ideal in my opinion…

Robert I 100% agree with you that the current restrictions and difficulty in downloading OUR data is not acceptable. The basic premise of purple was freely available to the community historical sensor data. The current steep learning curve of the API, required software program creation and restri…

Hello Robert, We understand and agree that access to the data should be easy and user-friendly. We are working on a new tool that will make data more easily accessible. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.

Great. But that appears to be just for downloading data, without an API for visualizing current readings, like the previous Sensor data download too. Robert

This is something we are working on for future tools. We appreciate your feedback.

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Ethan (Ethan) March 8, 2023, 5:52pm 4

Yesterday we released a temporary download tool you can use to download PurpleAir data. We have an article about it here: PurpleAir Data Download Tool.

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