National Energy System Operator Discovery API

Discovery endpoints for organizations, datasets, and tags.

OpenAPI Specification

national-energy-system-operator-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NESO Data Portal Datastore Discovery API
  description: 'The National Energy System Operator (NESO) Data Portal API is a CKAN v3 API providing programmatic access to NESO datasets including wind forecasts, demand predictions, balancing services, transmission constraints, and other UK energy system data. Rate limits: maximum 1 request per second for the CKAN API and 2 requests per minute for the Datastore API.'
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: NESO Data Portal
    url: https://www.neso.energy/data-portal
  termsOfService: https://www.neso.energy/data-portal/api-guidance
servers:
- url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action
  description: NESO CKAN API production endpoint
tags:
- name: Discovery
  description: Discovery endpoints for organizations, datasets, and tags.
paths:
  /organization_list:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: List data groups
      description: Returns a list of all data groups (CKAN organizations) on the NESO Data Portal.
      operationId: organizationList
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of organizations.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
  /package_list:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: List datasets
      description: Returns a list of all datasets (CKAN packages) on the NESO Data Portal.
      operationId: packageList
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of dataset identifiers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
  /tag_list:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: List tags
      description: Returns a list of available tags on the NESO Data Portal.
      operationId: tagList
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of tags.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CkanResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard CKAN API response envelope.
      properties:
        help:
          type: string
          description: URL to the help endpoint for the action.
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request was successful.
        result:
          description: Action-specific payload.