Grid Status API Usage API

Usage and limits for the current user or organization.

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GET /api_usage Get Api Usage Endpoint #

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OpenAPI Specification

gridstatus-api-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Grid Status API Usage API
  version: 1.3.0
servers:
- url: https://api.gridstatus.io/v1
tags:
- name: API Usage
paths:
  /api_usage:
    get:
      tags:
      - API Usage
      summary: Get Api Usage Endpoint
      description: Get API usage statistics and limits for the current user/organization.
      operationId: get_api_usage_endpoint_v1_api_usage_get
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: API key for authentication (query)
          title: Api Key
        description: API key for authentication (query)
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: API key for authentication (header)
          title: X-Api-Key
        description: API key for authentication (header)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIUsageResponse'
              example:
                plan_name: Example Plan
                limits:
                  api_rows_returned_limit: 25000000
                  api_requests_limit: 100000
                  api_rows_per_response_limit: 90000
                  per_second_api_rate_limit: 3
                  per_minute_api_rate_limit: 20
                  per_hour_api_rate_limit: 900
                current_usage_period_start: '2025-10-01T00:00:00Z'
                current_usage_period_end: '2025-11-01T00:00:00Z'
                current_period_usage:
                  total_requests: 30000
                  total_api_rows_returned: 1500000
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    APIUsageResponse:
      properties:
        plan_name:
          type: string
          title: Plan Name
        limits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIUsageLimits'
        current_usage_period_start:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Current Usage Period Start
        current_usage_period_end:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Current Usage Period End
        current_period_usage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrentPeriodUsage'
      type: object
      required:
      - plan_name
      - limits
      - current_usage_period_start
      - current_usage_period_end
      - current_period_usage
      title: APIUsageResponse
    CurrentPeriodUsage:
      properties:
        total_requests:
          type: integer
          title: Total Requests
        total_api_rows_returned:
          type: integer
          title: Total Api Rows Returned
      type: object
      required:
      - total_requests
      - total_api_rows_returned
      title: CurrentPeriodUsage
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    APIUsageLimits:
      properties:
        api_rows_returned_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Api Rows Returned Limit
        api_requests_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Api Requests Limit
        api_rows_per_response_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Api Rows Per Response Limit
        per_second_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Per Second Api Rate Limit
        per_minute_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Per Minute Api Rate Limit
        per_hour_api_rate_limit:
          type: integer
          title: Per Hour Api Rate Limit
      type: object
      required:
      - api_rows_returned_limit
      - api_requests_limit
      - api_rows_per_response_limit
      - per_second_api_rate_limit
      - per_minute_api_rate_limit
      - per_hour_api_rate_limit
      title: APIUsageLimits
externalDocs:
  description: 'GridStatus documentation. Human docs: https://docs.gridstatus.io/developers. Ask a natural-language question (RAG search): append a URL-encoded question to https://docs.gridstatus.io/?ask='
  url: https://docs.gridstatus.io/llms.txt
x-tagGroups:
- name: API Endpoints
  tags:
  - API Info
  - Block Pricing Data
  - Dataset Metadata
  - Query Data
  - Dataset Updates
  - Reports
x-rag-search:
  description: Natural-language question answering over the GridStatus documentation. Substitute a URL-encoded question for {question}.
  url_template: https://docs.gridstatus.io/?ask={question}
  llms_txt: https://docs.gridstatus.io/llms.txt
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Grid Status
  source: https://api.gridstatus.io/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)