[Snap] Do Snap have an API for usage information?

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Aaroona

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#166197 5-Mar-2015 17:23

I'm thinking of building a small powershell/.Net app that can do data usage projections and calculations, so was wondering if there is an API exposed already to load usage information.

Basically, I want it to track how I am with my usage up until now, from the start of the month against my cap, and then also tell me how much data I can download per day/per week, in order to stay within my data limit.

FYI, I'm not looking for a "why don't you go unlimited?" response, so please don't reply with that.

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#1251841 5-Mar-2015 17:27

when i was collecting a few stats, i was dumping the google data into a quick an dirty app to reformat it from the graph to values so i could do things to the data.

An API would have simplified the process a fair bit.

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#1251865 5-Mar-2015 18:00

Pull this apart:

https://github.com/ChrisNZL/snap-chromium
Made by @ChrisNZL

chevrolux

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#1251872 5-Mar-2015 18:15

Does your UBNT EdgeRouter not give enough info on that?

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#1251876 5-Mar-2015 18:22

eXDee: Pull this apart:

https://github.com/ChrisNZL/snap-chromium
Made by @ChrisNZL

its not using an API but crawling through the usual process, OP was asking about if there was an API

chevrolux: Does your UBNT EdgeRouter not give enough info on that?

Ild say the same about my pfsense box, but turns out odd crashes can account for a sizeable amount of records being 'lost'

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ChrisNZL

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#1251884 5-Mar-2015 18:44

I think Snap said a couple years ago they were interested in making an API, but nothing's come to light that I've heard of?

I just did a Google search and found this old thread from 2010 mentioning one.

Need an official word I guess!

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#1251902 5-Mar-2015 19:21

hio77:
eXDee: Pull this apart:

https://github.com/ChrisNZL/snap-chromium
Made by @ChrisNZL

its not using an API but crawling through the usual process, OP was asking about if there was an API

Yes I know, but its useful as reference.

ChrisNZL: I think Snap said a couple years ago they were interested in making an API, but nothing's come to light that I've heard of?

I just did a Google search and found this old thread from 2010 mentioning one.

Need an official word I guess!

Perhaps its sitting just behind Static IPV6 on the backburner ;)

Aaroona

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#1251947 5-Mar-2015 20:50

eXDee: Pull this apart:

https://github.com/ChrisNZL/snap-chromium
Made by @ChrisNZL

That's quite useful thanks. I may very well end up going down this path and adapting that code into powershell/.net. That way I can have it send me push notifications etc. when I reach certain limits and a few other tasks.

Seems there's been indications theres an API coming at some stage, as mentioned here in the thread, but it's not looking very live :(