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PurpleAir sensor briefing

By Bazantic

purpleair-sensor-briefing

Compare current PurpleAir readings near any address or place in one trustworthy briefing.

Recipe inputs
Complete fields before a run.
location
location *
The address or place name to put in the briefing, for example "Bend, Oregon" or "1200 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR".
The latitude of that address.
The longitude of that address.
How far from the address to look for sensors, in kilometres.
The largest number of sensors to put in the briefing.
Output example
Representative published output.
{
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Peacock Lane",
      "pm2_5": 37,
      "latitude": 45.51901,
      "longitude": -122.62154,
      "confidence": 100,
      "observed_at": "2026-08-31T14:58:00Z",
      "sensor_name": "Peacock Lane",
      "sensor_index": 299359,
      "pm2_5_10minute": 38.5,
      "pm2_5_60minute": 46.9
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "provider": "PurpleAir",
    "recipe_handle": "purpleair-sensor-briefing",
    "gateway_handle": "purpleair-ml1c9"
  },
  "generated_at": "2026-08-31T15:00:00Z"
}