Electricity Maps Forecast API
The Forecast API from Electricity Maps — 2 operation(s) for forecast.
Electricity Maps Forecast API is one of 7 APIs that Electricity Maps publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Forecast. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 3.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.electricitymap.org/v3.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Electricity Maps Forecast API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as auth-token (authToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
authToken— API key issued from the Electricity Maps portal, sent in the auth-token header.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 5
The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PowerBreakdown (16 properties), SourceBreakdown (12 properties), PowerBreakdownForecast (3 properties), CarbonIntensityForecast (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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