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+# hon-test-data Collection
+Collection of hOn appliance data for development and testing of [Andre0512/pyhOn](https://github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn) and [Andre0512/hon](https://github.com/Andre0512/hon).
+
+## Contribute
+Please add your appliances data to this repository. This helps us to develop new features and not to break compatibility in newer versions.   
+The data is automatic anonymized (like serial number, mac address, specific dates, given names and any user specific entry).
+
+### Home Assistant 
+1. Make sure you installed the [hon integration](https://github.com/Andre0512/hon#readme)
+2. Navigate to `Settings` -> `Device & Services` -> `Haier hOn` -> _your device_ and press the _Create Data Archive_ button. Then open notifications to download the data archive.  
+
+    | ![Press Create Data Archive button](assets/diagnostic.png)  | ![Download data archive](assets/notifications.png)  | 
+    |---|---|
+4. Create a GitHub Issue to this repository and add this zip file.
+    Alternatively create a pull request with unzipped data. 
+
+### pyhOn
+1. [Fork](https://github.com/Andre0512/hon-test-data/fork) this repository
+2. Clone your forked repository
+    ```
+    $ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/hon-test-data.git
+    $ cd hon-test-data/
+    ```
+3. Make sure you installed [pyhOn](https://pypi.org/project/pyhOn/)
+    ```commandline
+    $ pip install pyhOn
+    ```
+4. Create a export of your data with pyhOn  
+    **Make sure you use the anonymous paramater to protect your personal data!**
+    ```commandline
+    $ pyhOn export --anonymous test_data/
+    User for hOn account: your.hon.login@gmail.com
+    Password for hOn account: 
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/commands.json
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/attributes.json
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/command_history.json
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/statistics.json
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/maintenance.json
+    Created test_data/wm_1569/appliance_data.json
+    ```
+5. Commit and push your data
+    ```
+    $ git add .
+    $ git commit -m "Add appliance data"
+    $ git push
+    ```
+6. Create a pull-request to this repository
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