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Elexon Margin Forecast API

Generating Plant Operating Margin forecast data, including historical views of data by publish time or forecast date.

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

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 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.

6 operations 6 paths 5 schemas 6 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 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Margin Forecast 6

Generating Plant Operating Margin forecast data, including historical views of data by publish time or forecast date.

GET
/forecast/margin/daily
Daily margin forecast (OCNMFD2)
1 param → 200
GET
/forecast/margin/daily/history
Historical daily margin forecast (OCNMFD2)
2 params → 200
GET
/forecast/margin/daily/evolution
Evolution daily margin forecast (OCNMFD2)
2 params → 200
GET
/forecast/margin/weekly
Weekly margin forecast (OCNMFW2, OCNMF3Y2)
2 params → 200
GET
/forecast/margin/weekly/history
Historical weekly margin forecast (OCNMFW2, OCNMF3Y2)
3 params → 200
GET
/forecast/margin/weekly/evolution
Evolution daily margin forecast (OCNMFW2, OCNMF3Y2)
4 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginWeekly (5 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginDaily (3 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginWeekly (2 properties), Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginDaily (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Insights.Api.Models.Metadata.ApiResponseSourceMetadata
object
1 property
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginWeekly
object
5 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginDaily
object
2 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ResponseWithMetadata-1_Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginWeekly
object
2 properties
Insights.Api.Models.Responses.ForecastMargin.ForecastMarginDaily
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elexon-margin-forecast-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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