Solcast Aggregations API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Solcast Aggregations API
  description: The Solcast API provides live, forecast, historical, and typical meteorological year (TMY) solar irradiance, PV power, and weather data derived from a global fleet of weather satellites. Data covers rooftop PV, advanced PV, grid aggregations, and soiling loss models (Kimber and HSU) globally. Solcast is part of DNV's Green Data Products suite. Authentication uses an API key passed via the Authorization header.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Solcast Support
    url: https://solcast.com/contact
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://solcast.com/terms-of-service
  x-logo:
    url: https://solcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Solcast-Logo.svg
servers:
- url: https://api.solcast.com.au
  description: Solcast Production API
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Aggregations
  description: Live and forecast aggregated generation data for grid collections and sub-aggregations.
paths:
  /data/forecast/aggregations:
    get:
      operationId: getForecastAggregations
      summary: Get Forecast Aggregations
      description: Get forecast aggregation data for up to 7 days ahead for a requested grid collection or sub-aggregation. Used for portfolio and grid management.
      tags:
      - Aggregations
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the grid aggregation collection.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: aggregation_id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Unique identifier for a specific sub-aggregation within the collection.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: period
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Time period between data points in ISO 8601 duration format.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: PT30M
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response format.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - csv
        example: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with aggregation forecast time series.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AggregationResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
  /data/live/aggregations:
    get:
      operationId: getLiveAggregations
      summary: Get Live Aggregations
      description: Get live aggregation data for up to 7 days of data at a time for a requested grid collection or sub-aggregation. Used for grid and portfolio management.
      tags:
      - Aggregations
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the grid aggregation collection.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: aggregation_id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Unique identifier for a specific sub-aggregation within the collection.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: period
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Time period between data points in ISO 8601 duration format.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: PT30M
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response format.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - csv
        example: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with live aggregation time series.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AggregationResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — API key is missing, invalid, or expired.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too many requests — API rate limit or quota exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid parameters or missing required fields.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: Unprocessable entity — request parameters are syntactically valid but semantically incorrect.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    AggregationDataPoint:
      type: object
      description: A single time period of aggregation data.
      properties:
        period_end:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The end time of the data period (UTC).
          example: '2023-01-01T01:00:00.0000000Z'
        period:
          type: string
          description: Duration of the time period in ISO 8601 format.
          example: PT30M
        pv_estimate:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Aggregated PV power estimate for the collection in kilowatts.
          example: 125000.5
        pv_estimate10:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Aggregated PV estimate at 10th percentile.
        pv_estimate90:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Aggregated PV estimate at 90th percentile.
    AggregationResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response wrapper for aggregation time series data.
      properties:
        estimated_actuals:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AggregationDataPoint'
          description: Array of live aggregation data points.
        forecasts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AggregationDataPoint'
          description: Array of forecast aggregation data points.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response body.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error.
          example: Invalid latitude value provided.
        errors:
          type: object
          description: Field-level validation errors.
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Authenticate using your Solcast API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header: `Authorization: Bearer {api_key}`. Obtain an API key at https://toolkit.solcast.com.au/register.'