Working on an API for Ecobee

Ecobee API

import datetime
import requests

from django.utils import simplejson

class EcobeeAPI(object):
    def __init__(self, access_token, thermostat_ids):
        self.api_url = 'https://api.ecobee.com/%s?format=json&body=%s'

        self.access_token = access_token
        self.selection_info = {
            "selectionType": "thermostats",
            "selectionMatch": thermostat_ids
        }

    def get_runtime_report(self, start_date=None):
        """
        https://www.ecobee.com/home/developer/api/documentation/v1/operations/get-runtime-report.shtml
        start_date should be coming from the installation; if an empty one
        is passed, use 30 minutes ago for unit test purposes
        
        DATES ARE IN UTC
        TEMPS ARE IN F
        """
        end_date = datetime.date.today()
        if not start_date:
            start_date = end_date - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
        data = {
            'startDate': start_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
            'endDate': end_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
            'columns': 'auxHeat1,compCool1,outdoorHumidity,zoneAveTemp,zoneCoolTemp,zoneHeatTemp',
            'includeSensors': 'true',
            'selection': self.selection_info
        }
        self._request('runtimeReport', data)

    def _get_headers(self):
        return {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8',
            'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % self.access_token
        }

    def _request(self, endpoint, data):
        """
        http://developer.ecobee.com/api/topics/json_in_get_request_403_response
        """
        body = str(simplejson.dumps(data)).replace(" ", "")
        response = requests.get(self.api_url % (endpoint, body), headers=self._get_headers())
        print response
        print response.headers
        print response.url