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Elexon Load Shape API

Load shape period data and load shape totals data as calculated by the Load Shaping Service

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

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 5 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.

4 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 4 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 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Load Shape 4

Load shape period data and load shape totals data as calculated by the Load Shaping Service

GET
/lss/load-shape-period
Load shape period data (IF022)
4 params → 200400429500
GET
/lss/load-shape-period/stream
Load shape period data stream (IF022)
4 params → 200400429500
GET
/lss/load-shape-totals
Load shape totals data (IF023)
3 params → 200400429500
GET
/lss/load-shape-totals/stream
Load shape totals data stream (IF023)
2 params → 200400429500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapeTotalsData (18 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapePeriodData (16 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapePeriodData (2 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapeTotalsData (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapeTotalsData
object
18 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Metadata.ApiResponseSourceMetadata
object
1 property
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapeTotalsData
object
2 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapePeriodData
object
2 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Data.Entities.LoadShapePeriodData
object
16 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elexon-load-shape-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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