Meridian Energy Downloader

This project uses Puppeteer (Google Chrome) to automatically download daily usage data as a csv containing daily total and "per register" kWh usage.

https://account.meridianenergy.co.nz/ https://secure.meridianenergy.co.nz/

Essentially automates logining into the service(s) above and clicks the download button here:

Requirements

NodeJS and NPM

If you are using Debian/Ubuntu: #: apt install nodejs npm

Also available for Windows/Mac/Other Linux etc. https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm

How to use

1. First download & extract or git clone this project.
2. Run npm install
3. Create a .env (You can copy from the .env.example cp .env.example .env)
4. Update the .env with your favorite editor (e.g. nano .env)
5. Run node ./index.js

You should then see a meridian-latest.csv file.

Debugging

By default the script runs headless, which means no Chrome window will appear. To see what is going on you can run the script with --disable-headless

Run node ./index.js --disable-headless

Security Note

This project requires your meridian email and password to be stored in the .env file as plain text. Please be careful not to leak your credentials. Use at your own risk.

Additionally Meridian may update their web application and cause this script to stop functioning.

Donation

If you find use out of this script, consider buying me a coffee with Bitcoin or don't.

BTC: 3QCnGKxMfak7WZurVpEGkCAxNPcpgDzDGj