A open local api which could be used by homeassistant is a game changer for the solix solarbank products.
Consumable open API
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An open, non-cloud based API, be it MQTT or REST to be integrated in Home Assistant would be the real deal. So please Anker 
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I only came here (created an account) to vote for this.
Really, Anker Solix is a pretty nice series. But with a cloud only API it ruins every approach (privacy first, take control of own data) I live and run HA for.
In short: until thereās finally a local API, I wonāt buy a Solix. Iād currently āneedā three for different houses, but thatās a clear no go at the moment.
Once this becomes available I hope to get notified to make my product shopping decision.
By the way: wow, such great traction and not a single response by an Anker official? Come on, letās build trust and get new customers! Weāre here, waiting for you! 
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Also throwing my vote in for an open API.
Being able to trigger charging based on weather metrics or usage that I am tracking already would be killer for my set up. Being able to tell the battery to charge at cheap time if its under 50% is another thing I need that could be managed locally.
I donāt car if its REST or MQTT as long as it can integrate with home assistant Id be happy
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Not having local mqtt or rest is a good reason not to buy or to sell the solarbank.
Existing cloud service is weakly updating.
What happens if Anker has gone? throw away the solar bank beacause being āblindā?
So, please provide this before I am buying a powerbank with higher capacity and mqtt onboard for the same price.
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Coming to this topic during a 3 day internet outage. We have the best weather imaginable for solar and I have no means to monitor my solarbank nor know whether the smart meter is communicating correctly. A local API (mqtt preferred with some actions via rest) would immensly help with the integration in smart home systems, reduce the traffic on Anker servers as well as keeping the system running during outages or in isolated environments (which most people like for their iot devices if they have security concerns).
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Cannot agree more. A useful API with read and write access to sensors and battery controls would make the Anker solix x1 much much more attractive. W/o I wonāt buy it.
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Definitely missing. Just consider selling the system again for that reason.
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No API no deal, I will buy it when the API is available, no cloud.
I have an f2600, and I am working toward replacing it with something else, 100% because of the lack of automation, monitoring, and history in the app, unusability without internet, and anker not providing even the barest of ability for the community to come up with their own solution. One of these issues by itself would be par for the course, but all of them combined almost feels intentionally antagonistic to the customers. The device already uses mqtt to anker servers (or at least theyre using the mqtt network port), just let us tap in to that. I regret buying this, and look forward to a new setup after i sell it.
Anker product lines in general are amazing hardware brought low by āprettyā, but barebones, software. One by one, Iām replacing anker (eufy, soundcore, etc) products with others that put a bit of effort into user experience.
I am also in favor of an open or public available API.
But I guess we all have to wait for that to happen since I donāt see that the devices are even capable of storing or providing an local API. So in conclusion I guess they would need to change their closed API strategy an make the data accessible through the account. Which also would bring a whole new set of issues. My guess, since there is no obvious feedback form Anker, is that they just donāt want the extra hassle of creating additional web services and all the traffic, infrastructure and security issues involved.
Matter integration would be nice.
Is there any official update on the public API. my electricity provider (octopus energy) now offers dedicated options with cheaper kWh prices when charging a battery storage. It would be great if Anker can provide an API, so that octopus energy can integrate this in their app and allow costumers to charge their battery storage systems at a very cheap rate. Have an Solarbank 2 AC and would love to see this
Zendure did now what anker should done for over a year.
They opened their local http server and implement mqtt for 100% local control
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Zendure? Never heard about them. Will have a look at their products, thanks for mentioning.