overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist enhancements for SP Electricity North West Explore API v2.0
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/electricity-north-west-explore-api-v2-0-openapi.json
x-generated: '2026-07-27'
x-method: generated
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Enhancements derived from the vendor versioning policy at
https://help.opendatasoft.com/apis/ods-explore-v2/#section/Versioning and from
live probes of the electricitynorthwest domain on 2026-07-27. The harvested
OpenAPI is never mutated.
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x-apievangelist-provider: Electricity North West
x-apievangelist-provider-id: electricity-north-west
x-apievangelist-legal-name: SP Electricity North West
x-apievangelist-sector: Energy — electricity distribution network operator (DNO)
x-apievangelist-country: United Kingdom
x-apievangelist-platform: Opendatasoft (rebranding to Huwise) — hosted tenant
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authentication: authentication/electricity-north-west-authentication.yml
conventions: conventions/electricity-north-west-conventions.yml
errors: errors/electricity-north-west-problem-types.yml
lifecycle: lifecycle/electricity-north-west-lifecycle.yml
changelog: changelog/electricity-north-west-changelog.yml
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description: >-
Mark this document as the superseded version and record the migration path,
which the spec itself does not state.
update:
x-apievangelist-status: superseded
x-apievangelist-superseded-by: >-
openapi/electricity-north-west-explore-api-v2-1-openapi.json
(https://electricitynorthwest.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1)
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x-apievangelist-sunset-date: null
x-apievangelist-deprecation-signal: >-
Responses from this version carry the ODS-Explore-API-Deprecation header,
with a Link header pointing at the v2.1 changelog. There is no RFC 8594
Sunset header and no announced removal date.
x-apievangelist-migration-notes:
removed_in_v2_1:
- /api/explore/v2.0/<source>/datasets/<dataset_id>/aggregates
- /api/explore/v2.0/<source>/datasets/<dataset_id>/query
merged_into: the single records endpoint
breaking_changes:
- XLSX replaces XLS as the spreadsheet export format.
- The search() ODSQL function changed; suggest() and startswith() were added.
- Date functions return integers rather than strings.
- Grouping by geo fields deprecated in favour of geo_cluster().
- Date aggregation keys formatted as ISO dates rather than timestamps.
- CSV exports emit a BOM by default.
- GPX exports use <extension> rather than <desc>.
- GeoJSON datetimes output as ISO strings rather than integer timestamps.
changed_response_schemas:
- /datasets
- /datasets/{dataset_id}
- /datasets/{dataset_id}/records
- /datasets/{dataset_id}/records/{record_id}
changelog: changelog/electricity-north-west-changelog.yml
- target: $.info
description: Shared runtime semantics — identical to v2.1 on this domain.
update:
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reset: midnight UTC
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mechanism: inherent — GET-only surface
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- target: $.servers
update:
x-apievangelist-environment: production
x-apievangelist-status: superseded but live
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