Live values: numbers from your own systems

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Your till, spreadsheet or app sends a number, text or list; screens show it within seconds.

  1. Open Live values, press New live value, and give it a name, a short key (croissants) and a type.
  2. Make an API key in Settings and copy it straight away; it’s shown once.
  3. Press How to send it for copy-paste examples (command line, Python, JavaScript, Google Sheets, Zapier).
    The Live values page with New live value marked 1 and a value’s How to send it button marked 3.
  4. In a sign, choose Add widget › Live value and pick it, or put it in a split-flap row. Set the Words above, the font, Line up and colours.
    A live value on a sign, Cups poured today 1,284, with Shows marked 4 in its settings.

Each value can show “—” when it hasn’t been updated for a while. Set by hand works too. Up to 60 updates a minute; shown as plain text only.

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