Hydro-Québec · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for Hydro-Québec Open Data Explore API v2.0

5 actions 5 updates update extends openapi/hydro-quebec-open-data-explore-api-v2-0-openapi.json
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Hydro-Québec publishes. Hydro-Québec did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-providerx-apievangelist-statusx-apievangelist-successorx-apievangelist-licensex-apievangelist-license-urlx-apievangelist-verifiedx-apievangelist-deprecation-headerx-apievangelist-deprecation-link

Targets 3

$.info
$.servers
$.components.securitySchemes

OpenAPI Overlay

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for Hydro-Québec Open Data Explore API v2.0
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/hydro-quebec-open-data-explore-api-v2-0-openapi.json
x-generated: '2026-07-27'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  API Evangelist enrichment pipeline; the deprecation values below were read from live response
  headers on https://donnees.hydroquebec.com/api/explore/v2.0/catalog/datasets on 2026-07-27.
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-provider: hydro-quebec
    x-apievangelist-status: deprecated
    x-apievangelist-successor: openapi/hydro-quebec-open-data-explore-api-v2-1-openapi.json
    x-apievangelist-license: CC BY-NC 4.0
    x-apievangelist-license-url: https://www.hydroquebec.com/documents-data/open-data/licence.html
    x-apievangelist-verified: '2026-07-27'
    x-apievangelist-deprecation-header: >-
      ODS-Explore-API-Deprecation: deprecated API version (v2.0), please use the current v2.1 version
    x-apievangelist-deprecation-link: https://help.opendatasoft.com/apis/ods-explore-v2/explore_v2.1.html#section/Introduction/v2.1-Changelog
    x-apievangelist-sunset-date: null
    x-apievangelist-sunset-note: >-
      No RFC 8594 Sunset header and no announced retirement date. The version is signalled as
      deprecated but still serving HTTP 200.
- target: $.servers
  update:
  - url: https://donnees.hydroquebec.com/api/explore/v2.0
    description: Hydro-Québec open data portal (deprecated version, still serving)
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-removed-in-v2-1:
    - /catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/aggregates
    - /catalog/datasets/{dataset_id}/query
    x-apievangelist-removal-note: >-
      Both endpoints were merged into the single records endpoint in v2.1. Neither appears in this
      harvested v2.0 document, but the platform changelog records them as v2.0 surface.
- target: $.components.securitySchemes
  update:
    apikeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Documented platform alternative — Authorization: Apikey <API_KEY>.'
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-rate-limit-headers:
    - X-RateLimit-Limit
    - X-RateLimit-Remaining
    - X-RateLimit-Reset
    x-apievangelist-error-envelope: '{"error_code": string, "message": string}'
    x-apievangelist-idempotency: >-
      All 16 operations are HTTP GET — safe and idempotent by HTTP semantics; no idempotency-key
      contract exists because there are no write operations.

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