ERCOT · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for the ERCOT Public Data API

21 actions 21 updates update extends openapi/ercot-public-data-api-openapi.json
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts ERCOT publishes. ERCOT did not publish this file.
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Targets 19 · first 16 shown; the file carries all of them

$.info
$.components.securitySchemes
$.security
$.components.responses
$.paths['/np4-179-cd/total_as_service_offers'].get
$.paths['/np3-910-er/2d_agg_dsr_loads'].get
$.paths['/np3-965-er/60_sced_dsr_load_data'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_offns'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_ecrsm'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_ecrss'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_regdn'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_regup'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrsffr'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrspfr'].get
$.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrsufr'].get
$.paths['/np3-990-ex/60_sasm_gen_res_as_offers'].get

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for the ERCOT Public Data API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/ercot-public-data-api-openapi.json
x-generated: '2026-07-27'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Derived from the ERCOT developer portal (registration and authentication, using the API, known
  limitations, deprecation notices) and the artifacts in this repo. Applies our documented findings
  to ERCOT's published spec without mutating it.
actions:
# ---- Provider and rating metadata -------------------------------------------------
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-provider: ERCOT
    x-apievangelist-slug: ercot
    x-apievangelist-artifacts:
      authentication: authentication/ercot-authentication.yml
      conventions: conventions/ercot-conventions.yml
      errors: errors/ercot-problem-types.yml
      lifecycle: lifecycle/ercot-lifecycle.yml
      changelog: changelog/ercot-changelog.yml
      rate_limits: rate-limits/ercot-rate-limits.yml
      data_model: data-model/ercot-data-model.yml
      conformance: conformance/ercot-conformance.yml
    contact:
      name: ERCOT Developer Portal
      url: https://developer.ercot.com/
    license:
      name: ERCOT Terms of Use
      url: https://www.ercot.com/help/terms/data-portal
    termsOfService: https://www.ercot.com/help/terms/data-portal

# ---- The missing half of the auth contract ----------------------------------------
# The published spec declares only the APIM subscription key. Every call also requires an
# Azure AD B2C ID token; without it all calls are rejected.
- target: $.components.securitySchemes
  update:
    b2cIdToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Azure AD B2C ID token obtained from the B2C_1_PUBAPI-ROPC-FLOW token endpoint. Valid for one
        hour, cannot be refreshed. Documented at
        https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/user-guide/registration-and-authentication/
        but absent from the published specification.
    ercotB2C:
      type: oauth2
      description: Azure AD B2C ROPC user flow that issues the ID token.
      flows:
        password:
          tokenUrl: https://ercotb2c.b2clogin.com/ercotb2c.onmicrosoft.com/B2C_1_PUBAPI-ROPC-FLOW/oauth2/v2.0/token
          scopes:
            openid: Standard OIDC scope; the only value in scopes_supported.
            offline_access: Requests a refresh token alongside the ID token.

- target: $.security
  update:
    - apiKeyHeader: []
      b2cIdToken: []

# ---- Rate limiting and gateway errors, documented but not specified ---------------
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-rate-limit:
      requests: 30
      period: minute
      status: 429
      body: '{"error_key": "throttled", "error_message": "Too Many Requests"}'
      docs: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/known-limits/
    x-geographic-restriction: Requests originating outside the United States are blocked on *.ercot.com.
    x-download-limit:
      files: 1000
      scope: per historic-file download, API and Web UI

- target: $.components.responses
  update:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid credentials — both the subscription key and the ID token are required.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error_key: { type: string }
              error_message: { type: string }
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit of 30 requests per minute exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error_key: { type: string }
              error_message: { type: string }
          example:
            error_key: throttled
            error_message: Too Many Requests

# ---- Deprecations published on the notices page but not marked in the spec --------
- target: $.paths['/np4-179-cd/total_as_service_offers'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      last_run: December 5, 2025 data on 2025-12-04
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-910-er/2d_agg_dsr_loads'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-965-er/60_sced_dsr_load_data'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_offns'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_ecrsm'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_ecrsm
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_ecrss'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_ecrss
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_regdn'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_regdn
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_regup'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_regup
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrsffr'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_rrsffr
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrspfr'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_rrspfr
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-911-er/2d_agg_as_offers_rrsufr'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B
      replacement: np3-911-er/2d_agg_dam_as_offers_rrsufr
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-990-ex/60_sasm_gen_res_as_offers'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B — whole NP3-990-EX product retired
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-990-ex/60_sasm_gen_res_as_offer_awards'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B — whole NP3-990-EX product retired
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-990-ex/60_sasm_load_res_as_offers'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B — whole NP3-990-EX product retired
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/
- target: $.paths['/np3-990-ex/60_sasm_load_res_as_offer_awards'].get
  update:
    deprecated: true
    x-deprecation:
      date: '2025-12-05'
      notice: PR447_RTC+B — whole NP3-990-EX product retired
      source: https://developer.ercot.com/applications/pubapi/deprecation-notices/

# ---- Domain semantics the spec leaves implicit ------------------------------------
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-market-timezone: America/Chicago
    x-dst-convention: >-
      DSTFlag and repeatHourFlag disambiguate the repeated hour at the fall-back DST transition;
      clients must carry both to key rows uniquely.
    x-response-shape: >-
      Report responses are column-oriented — fields[] is a runtime dictionary (name, label,
      dataType, searchable, sortable, hasRange) describing the untyped data[] payload.
    x-emil-id-convention: >-
      EMIL ids take the form NP<protocol-section>-<number>-<suffix> (CD current day, ER extract
      report, EX extract, M manual corrections), lower-cased in URL paths.

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