How to Stop Using Teslamate for a while #1417
Replies: 2 comments 4 replies
-
Log out of Teslamate, then stop the Teslamate container/server. Then, change your Tesla account password - that should revoke all existing API tokens that are out in the wild. (All other third party apps should cease functioning as well.) Though I'm quite curious why they suggested Teslamate might be causing some issues! It uses their own well-defined and well-documented API readonly. |
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
-
If Teslamate is causing issues, you can stop Teslamate. No need to revoke API access (unless you have fears that something else might be accessing the API). Tesla in my experience is very anti-third party and will try to blame any issues on 3rd party components (hardware and software), even when there is no actual evidence. But consider: This API is the same API that is used by the mobile app (might have changed now but I am skeptical). Unfortunately, other car brands aren't any better. I see that there has been work to reverse engineer the MG protocols. But not officially supported, so it could stop working. BYD seems to be getting nowhere. Maybe installing our own logger might be a better approach. Google shows me links like https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/introduction.html https://github.com/bassmaster187/TeslaLogger - I seem to remember this being discussed here previously, with a reference to a good OVMS adapter that I can't find right now. But now Tesla is talking about locking down the API more and more - particularly for older cars which have limited support with the newer APIs this might be worth revisiting. Having a charger that supports OCPP might be a better bet for turning on/off charging. Although I have no idea what OCPP is like to program, and what data - if any - it gives you. There is rumors that Tesla Wall chargers might get OCPP in the future, but I won't believe it until it happens. I suspect the reversed engineered API is not going away anytime soon. I think Tesla doesn't really care enough. They just want another excuse to charge large fleet owners $$$ on a subscription basis, and they have got that. But the fact it could disappear without warning and break my systems that rely on streaming, and there is no newer streaming API that works with the older cars, kind of reduces my enthusiasm for developing this code. |
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
-
Hello,
I was just told by Tesla Service Center that Teslamate might be the reason why I've encountered some Autopilot & Infotainment screen issues recently. How do I safely revoke API access for Teslamate to see if their theory is true or not without having to setup TeslaMate again when I'm good to use it again?
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
All reactions