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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Robert Jacob
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+
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+SOFTWARE.
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+# netatmo-exporter
+
+Simple [prometheus](https://prometheus.io) exporter for getting sensor values [NetAtmo](https://www.netatmo.com) sensors into prometheus.
+
+## Installation
+
+If you have a working Go installation, getting the binary should be as simple as
+
+```bash
+go get github.com/xperimental/netatmo-exporter
+```
+
+There is also a `build-arm.sh` script if you want to run the exporter on an ARMv7 device.
+
+## NetAtmo client credentials
+
+This application tries to get data from the NetAtmo API. For that to work you will need to create an application in the [NetAtmo developer console](https://dev.netatmo.com/dev/myaccount), so that you can get a Client ID and secret.
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+$ netatmo-exporter --help
+Usage of netatmo-exporter:
+  -a, --addr string            Address to listen on. (default ":8080")
+  -i, --client-id string       Client ID for NetAtmo app.
+  -s, --client-secret string   Client secret for NetAtmo app.
+  -p, --password string        Password of NetAtmo account.
+  -u, --username string        Username of NetAtmo account.
+```
+
+After starting the server will offer the metrics on the `/metrics` endpoint, which can be used as a target for prometheus.
+
+The exporter will query the Netatmo API every time it is scraped by prometheus. It does not make sense to scrape the Netatmo API with a small interval as the sensors only update their data every few minutes, so don't forget to set a slower scrape interval for this exporter:
+
+```yml
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: 'netatmo'
+    scrape_interval: 90s
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['localhost:8080']
+```
+
+**Note:** The exporter currently uses port 8080 as a default as it does not have an "assigned exporter port" yet. Look at the [prometheus Wiki](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/wiki/Default-port-allocations) for any updates.