o find your specific "PURPLE_AIR_STATION_ID" (a string): "INSTRUCTIONS do you not work"

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"To find your specific "PURPLE_AIR_STATION_ID" (a string):

Use the PurpleAir Map to locate a station (https://www.purpleair.com/map)
Open this URL in a new Window or Tab: (https://www.purpleair.com/json)
Search for the NAME of the station you found in step A (using JSONview in Google Chrome makes this a bit easier)
The Station ID is the first element in the results[:] map - you will enter this ID (1-5 digits) into the preferences for the Air Quality Station
If you have an outdoor sensor, there should be 2 entries in the big JSON file, one for each sensor. Please use only the FIRST entry - the code will find the second and average the values, as done for the PurpleAir map."

These instructions are frustrating and do not work.

Instead, you open the map, find your device, click on your device and look for the numbers after SELECT in the URL.