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PurpleAir connector for Okou

Connect PurpleAir to retrieve real-time and historical air quality data, discover sensors, inspect groups, and monitor API key and organization status.

Data & infrastructure · API Key

Use PurpleAir in Okou

PurpleAir API for real-time and historical air-quality sensor data.

Once connected, supported PurpleAir actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.

What you can do with PurpleAir

  • Read PurpleAir API-key status and the authenticated organization's point balance and consumption rate. Requests consume PurpleAir API points.
  • Read current data for one or more sensors and historical sensor data in JSON or CSV. Requests consume PurpleAir API points.
  • Read owned groups, group members, current member data, and group-member history. Requests consume PurpleAir API points.

How the PurpleAir connector works

A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.

  1. 1

    Connect PurpleAir

    Choose API Key.

  2. 2

    Choose the work

    Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.

  3. 3

    Run it your way

    Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.

Connect PurpleAir securely

Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.

  • API Key

Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.

PurpleAir connector questions

What can Okou do with PurpleAir?
Connect PurpleAir to retrieve real-time and historical air quality data, discover sensors, inspect groups, and monitor API key and organization status. Documented actions include: Read PurpleAir API-key status and the authenticated organization's point balance and consumption rate. Requests consume PurpleAir API points. Read current data for one or more sensors and historical sensor data in JSON or CSV. Requests consume PurpleAir API points.
How do I connect PurpleAir to Okou?
Connect PurpleAir using API Key. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
Can PurpleAir run in an automated workflow?
Yes. After it is connected, supported PurpleAir actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.

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