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Solcast Get Forecast Radiation And Weather Example

SolarEnergyForecastingIrradianceWeatherRenewable EnergyPV Power

Solcast Get Forecast Radiation And Weather Example is an example object payload from Solcast, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

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Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.solcast.com.au/data/forecast/radiation_and_weather",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "parameters": {
      "latitude": -33.856784,
      "longitude": 151.215297,
      "output_parameters": "ghi,dni,dhi,air_temp",
      "hours": 48,
      "period": "PT30M",
      "format": "json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "forecasts": [
        {
          "period_end": "2026-05-02T07:00:00.0000000Z",
          "period": "PT30M",
          "ghi": 880.4,
          "dni": 770.2,
          "dhi": 110.2,
          "air_temp": 29.1
        },
        {
          "period_end": "2026-05-02T07:30:00.0000000Z",
          "period": "PT30M",
          "ghi": 890.0,
          "dni": 778.5,
          "dhi": 111.5,
          "air_temp": 29.5
        },
        {
          "period_end": "2026-05-02T08:00:00.0000000Z",
          "period": "PT30M",
          "ghi": 870.3,
          "dni": 760.0,
          "dhi": 110.3,
          "air_temp": 29.8
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}