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UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.0

The previous version of the UK Power Networks Open Data Portal REST API, still live and still serving its own OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract at the company domain. Same sixteen endpoints and same catalogue as v2.1, distinguished by the version segment in the base URL; the platform advertises deprecation through an ODS-Explore-API-Deprecation response header. Recorded here because it is a real, reachable, separately-contracted surface, not because it is the one to build on.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.0 is one of 2 APIs that UK Power Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Open Data, Electricity, Grid, and Deprecated. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 16 operations across 16 paths, organized into 2 resource areas, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.0.

16 operations 16 paths 10 schemas 16 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v2.0
Base URL
https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.0
Authentication
API Key
Contact
support@opendatasoft.com
License
Copyright Opendatasoft
Resource Areas
2

Authentication & Security 1

UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.0 declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apikey (apikey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apikey — API key to make authenticated requests.

Paths & Operations 16

Across 16 paths, the API surfaces 16 operations — 16 GET. They span 2 resource areas: Catalog, Dataset. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Catalog 7

API to enumerate datasets

GET
/catalog/datasets
Query catalog datasets
getDatasets 9 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/exports
List export formats
listExportFormats → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/exports/{format}
Export a catalog
exportDatasets 10 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/exports/csv
Export a catalog in CSV
exportCatalogCSV 4 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/exports/dcat{dcat_ap_format}
Export a catalog in RDF/XML (DCAT)
exportCatalogDCAT 3 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/facets
List facet values
getDatasetsFacets 5 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}
Show dataset information
getDataset 4 params → 200400401429500
Dataset 9

API to work on records

GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/records
Query dataset records
getRecords 11 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/exports
List export formats
listDatasetExportFormats 1 param → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/exports/{format}
Export a dataset
exportRecords 13 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/exports/csv
Export a dataset in CSV
exportRecordsCSV 5 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/exports/parquet
Export a dataset in Parquet
exportRecordsParquet 2 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/exports/gpx
Export a dataset in GPX
exportRecordsGPX 4 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/facets
List dataset facets
getRecordsFacets 7 params → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/attachments
List dataset attachments
getDatasetAttachments 1 param → 200400401429500
GET
/catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/records/{record_id}
Read a dataset record
getRecord 5 params → 200400401429500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are facet_value_enumeration (4 properties), records (3 properties), datasets (3 properties), facet_enumeration (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

links
object
2 properties
dataset
object
2 properties
datasets
object
3 properties
enum-format-datasets
string
facet_value_enumeration
object
4 properties
facet_enumeration
object
2 properties
aggregation
object
2 properties
record
object
2 properties
records
object
3 properties
attachment
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

uk-power-networks-explore-api-v2-0-openapi.json Raw ↑

Other APIs UK Power Networks publishes across the network.

UK Power Networks Open Data Explore API v2.1
AE Profile APIs.io
#Open Data#Electricity#Grid#Deprecated
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API Details
ID
uk-power-networks:uk-power-networks-explore-api-v2-0
Base URL
https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.0
Docs
https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/api-console/explore/v2.1/
Provider
UK Power Networks
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