Grid Status API Usage API

Usage and limits for the current user or organization.

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GET /api_usage Get API usage #

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OpenAPI Specification

gridstatus-api-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Grid Status API Usage API
  description: The Grid Status hosted API provides programmatic access to United States and Canadian electricity grid and power market data across CAISO, ERCOT, IESO, ISONE, MISO, NYISO, PJM, and SPP.
  version: 1.3.0
  contact:
    name: Grid Status
    url: https://www.gridstatus.io
    email: contact@gridstatus.io
servers:
- url: https://api.gridstatus.io/v1
  description: Grid Status hosted API
security:
- apiKeyHeader: []
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: API Usage
  description: Usage and limits for the current user or organization.
paths:
  /api_usage:
    get:
      operationId: getApiUsage
      tags:
      - API Usage
      summary: Get API usage
      description: Get API usage statistics and limits for the current user or organization - plan name, rows returned limit, requests limit, rows per response limit, per-second/minute/hour rate limits, and consumption for the current billing period.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Usage statistics and plan limits.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIUsageResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              detail:
                type: string
                example: Missing API Key.
  schemas:
    APIUsageResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        plan:
          type: string
        limits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIUsageLimits'
        current_period_usage:
          type: object
          properties:
            total_requests:
              type: integer
            total_api_rows_returned:
              type: integer
    APIUsageLimits:
      type: object
      properties:
        api_rows_returned_limit:
          type: integer
        api_requests_limit:
          type: integer
        api_rows_per_response_limit:
          type: integer
        per_second_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
        per_minute_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
        per_hour_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: API key from https://www.gridstatus.io/settings/api.
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: API key passed as a query parameter (alternative to the header).