.bin/i3bar-conky.sh
#!/bin/sh

# Send the header so that i3bar knows we want to use JSON:
echo '{"version":1}'

# Begin the endless array.
echo '['

# We send an empty first array of blocks to make the loop simpler:
echo '[],'

# Now send blocks with information forever:
exec conky -c $HOME/.i3/conky/conkyrc

.i3/conkyrc
out_to_x no
own_window no
out_to_console yes
background no
max_text_width 0

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
#total_run_times 0

# Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). Default is off.
short_units yes

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
# use_spacer should have an argument of left, right, or none
use_spacer left

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

text_buffer_size 1000

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
# JSON for i3bar
[ \
{ "full_text" : "cpu $cpu%${acpitemp}°C" , "separator" : "false", "color" : "\#ffffff" }, \
{ "full_text" : "${exec setxkbmap -v 7 | grep layout | awk '{print $2}'}" , "separator" : "false", "color" : "\#FFD700" }, \
{ "full_text" : " ${time %b %d, %a %R}", "separator" : "false"} \
],