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id: gios
version: "7.1.1"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# gios — Python wrapper for getting air quality data from GIOŚ servers.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 74.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

gios is a Python async wrapper around the GIOŚ (Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska) air quality monitoring API, which provides real-time environmental data from Polish measurement stations. It simplifies fetching station metadata (name, coordinates) and current air quality readings by handling HTTP requests and data parsing internally.

The package is built on aiohttp for async I/O, dacite for data deserialization, and yarl for URL handling. It's designed for integration into home automation, environmental monitoring dashboards, or applications that need current Polish air quality conditions. The API is straightforward: instantiate a Gios object with a station ID and an aiohttp session, then call async_update() to retrieve the latest data.

Use it for:

- Fetch air quality data for a specific Polish city or region in a home automation system.
- Build a dashboard that displays real-time pollution levels from multiple GIOŚ stations.
- Monitor air quality trends over time by periodically querying a station and logging results.
- Integrate air quality alerts into a weather or environmental monitoring application.
- Retrieve station coordinates and names for mapping or location-based services.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Fetches real-time air quality measurements from GIOŚ (Polish environmental monitoring agency) for a specified station, exposing latitude, longitude, station name, and sensor data via an async Python API.

Yes, if you need air quality data from Polish GIOŚ stations and can meet the Python 3.13+ requirement. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive license. The async design and low install friction make it straightforward to integrate. Only consider it if you have a specific use case tied to GIOŚ data or Polish environmental monitoring.

## Install

pip install gios
uv add gios
poetry add gios

## Installing gios

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained with a release 25 days ago and recent commits. Requires Python 3.13 or later, which is a hard constraint for current projects.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe for most projects.

Quickstart:

import asyncio
from aiohttp import ClientSession
from gios import Gios

async def main():
    async with ClientSession() as session:
        gios = Gios(568, session)  # 568 is an example station_id
        data = await gios.async_update()
        print(gios.station_name, gios.latitude, gios.longitude)

asyncio.run(main())

Requires Python 3.13 or later; requires an active aiohttp ClientSession and a valid GIOŚ station_id (found at http://powietrze.gios.gov.pl/pjp/current).

Verify before relying:

- Specific air quality parameters returned (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, etc.) and their units are not detailed in the excerpt.
- Rate limits or throttling behavior from the GIOŚ API are not documented in the excerpt.
- Whether historical data or only current measurements are available.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 74.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

air quality data Poland GIOŚ, async air quality API wrapper, environmental monitoring station data, GIOŚ station air quality, Polish air quality measurements, real-time pollution data fetch, atmospheric monitoring API, air-quality, environmental-data, async-wrapper

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