Hello All,
I'm relatively new to TMC though I've been following Tesla for several years and recently placed an order for a Model X 100D (eta Dec). Like many of the people who post (or lurk) here, I have to wait a couple months for delivery. To pass the time a bit more quickly I'm taken on a bit of a project and wanted to get some feedback before spend a non-trivial amount of time and finding that its not actually useful to anyone but me.
I've seen Teslafi, Tesla Log, and Teslab and while they offer some pretty sweet features, I'm hesitant to give my credentials or API token to these sites. With that kind of access they could cause some serious damage to your car if a disgruntled employee or bug trips at the wrong time. I hope this never happens but as a Software Engineer, I just can't bring myself to trust them and all their employees. So I started designing an alternative Telemetry logger for the Tesla API that will be open source (so can can see exactly what it is doing) and runs on equipment you own (your personal computer or a free-tier Amazon Web Service Account). I've only recently started adding information about the project to the github page GitHub - avirtuos/teslog: A self-contained telemetry tracker for Tesla vehicles that doesn't require handing over your credentials to a 3rd party! (github provides free source code hosting for opensource projects).
I'd love to hear from all you passionate owners (and soon to be owners or enthusiasts) what features you'd value most in such a tool...and if giving your credentials (and money!) to a third party is also blocking you from harvesting all the cool data your car has to offer.
I'm relatively new to TMC though I've been following Tesla for several years and recently placed an order for a Model X 100D (eta Dec). Like many of the people who post (or lurk) here, I have to wait a couple months for delivery. To pass the time a bit more quickly I'm taken on a bit of a project and wanted to get some feedback before spend a non-trivial amount of time and finding that its not actually useful to anyone but me.
I've seen Teslafi, Tesla Log, and Teslab and while they offer some pretty sweet features, I'm hesitant to give my credentials or API token to these sites. With that kind of access they could cause some serious damage to your car if a disgruntled employee or bug trips at the wrong time. I hope this never happens but as a Software Engineer, I just can't bring myself to trust them and all their employees. So I started designing an alternative Telemetry logger for the Tesla API that will be open source (so can can see exactly what it is doing) and runs on equipment you own (your personal computer or a free-tier Amazon Web Service Account). I've only recently started adding information about the project to the github page GitHub - avirtuos/teslog: A self-contained telemetry tracker for Tesla vehicles that doesn't require handing over your credentials to a 3rd party! (github provides free source code hosting for opensource projects).
I'd love to hear from all you passionate owners (and soon to be owners or enthusiasts) what features you'd value most in such a tool...and if giving your credentials (and money!) to a third party is also blocking you from harvesting all the cool data your car has to offer.