Grid Status Dataset Updates API

Recent row insert/update activity for a dataset.

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gridstatus-dataset-updates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Grid Status API Info Dataset Updates 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. Data is organized as datasets - day-ahead and real-time LMP and settlement point prices, load and load forecasts, fuel mix, ancillary services, storage, and transmission constraints - that are listed, described, and queried through a uniform interface with time-range filters, column filters, resampling, pagination, and JSON or CSV output. Authenticate with an API key from the Grid Status settings page, passed in the x-api-key header (or api_key query parameter). Grounded in the live OpenAPI 3.1 document published at https://api.gridstatus.io/openapi.json (version 1.3.0).
  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: Dataset Updates
  description: Recent row insert/update activity for a dataset.
paths:
  /dataset-updates/{dataset_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getDatasetUpdates
      tags:
      - Dataset Updates
      summary: Get dataset updates
      description: Recent update activity for a dataset - each entry reports the update time, number of rows inserted and updated, and whether the run was a backfill. Useful for polling freshness without re-querying data.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DatasetId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recent dataset update records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetUpdatesResponse'
        '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:
    DatasetUpdateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        dataset:
          type: string
        time_utc:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        num_rows_updated:
          type: integer
        num_rows_inserted:
          type: integer
        is_backfill:
          type: boolean
    DatasetUpdatesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetUpdateResponse'
  parameters:
    DatasetId:
      name: dataset_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: ID of the dataset (for example ercot_spp_day_ahead_hourly).
      schema:
        type: string
  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).