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Electricity Maps Pricing API

Day-ahead electricity pricing.

Electricity Maps Pricing API is one of 6 APIs that Electricity Maps publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Pricing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.electricitymap.org.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.electricitymap.org
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Electricity Maps Pricing API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as auth-token (authToken). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • authToken — API token issued from the Electricity Maps portal.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Pricing 1

Day-ahead electricity pricing.

GET
/v3/day-ahead-price/{temporality}
Get day-ahead price
getDayAheadPrice 2 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is SignalResponse (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SignalResponse
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

electricity-maps-pricing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Electricity Maps publishes across the network.

Electricity Maps CarbonIntensity API
Electricity Maps ElectricityMix API
Electricity Maps GridMetrics API
Electricity Maps Renewables API
Electricity Maps Zones API