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Elexon Balancing Mechanism Physical API

Physical data consists of PN, QPN, MILS, & MELS.

Elexon Balancing Mechanism Physical API is one of 32 APIs that Elexon publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.4, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://data.elexon.co.uk/bmrs/api/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.4
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://data.elexon.co.uk/bmrs/api/v1
Resource Areas
1

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.

Balancing Mechanism Physical 2

Physical data consists of PN, QPN, MILS, & MELS.

GET
/balancing/physical
Physical data per BMU (PN, QPN, MILS, MELS)
7 params → 200429400500
GET
/balancing/physical/all
Market-wide physical data (PN, QPN, MILS, MELS)
5 params → 200429400500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Insights.Api.Models.Responses.Balancing.Physical.PhysicalData (9 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.Balancing.Physical.PhysicalData (2 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Metadata.ApiResponseSourceMetadata (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.Balancing.Physical.PhysicalData
object
2 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Metadata.ApiResponseSourceMetadata
object
1 property
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.Balancing.Physical.PhysicalData
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elexon-balancing-mechanism-physical-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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