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Tesla Energy Backup API

Backup reserve threshold for Powerwall sites

Tesla Energy Backup API is one of 10 APIs that Tesla Energy publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Backup. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://fleet-api.prd.na.vn.cloud.tesla.com/api/1, https://fleet-api.prd.eu.vn.cloud.tesla.com/api/1.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://fleet-api.prd.na.vn.cloud.tesla.com/api/1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tesla Energy Backup API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (BearerAuth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 3 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Tesla Fleet API OAuth 2.0 with PKCE. Scopes energydevicedata (read) and energycmds (write) required for the energysites endpoints.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Backup 1

Backup reserve threshold for Powerwall sites

POST
/energy_sites/{site_id}/backup
Tesla Set Backup Reserve Percent
setBackupReservePercent 1 param body → 200401403

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (2 properties), CommandResult (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CommandResult
object
1 property
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tesla-energy-backup-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tesla Energy publishes across the network.

Tesla Energy History API
Tesla Energy Live Status API
Tesla Energy Off Grid Charging API
Tesla Energy Operation API
Tesla Energy Products API
Tesla Energy Programs API
Tesla Energy Site Info API
Tesla Energy Storm Mode API
Tesla Energy Time Of Use API