Wattwatchers · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for the Wattwatchers REST API v3 (Mercury)

10 actions 10 updates security extends openapi/wattwatchers-rest-api-v3-openapi.json
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Wattwatchers publishes. Wattwatchers did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

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Targets 7

$.info
$
$.paths['/devices/{device-id}'].patch
$.paths['/short-energy/{device-id}'].get
$.paths['/long-energy/{device-id}'].get
$.paths['/modbus/{device-id}'].get
$.components.schemas.Error

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for the Wattwatchers REST API v3 (Mercury)
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/wattwatchers-rest-api-v3-openapi.json
x-generated: '2026-07-27'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Generated from the harvested OpenAPI plus the artifacts in this repository
  (conventions/, errors/, rate-limits/, authentication/, lifecycle/,
  data-model/). Captures API Evangelist enhancements only; the harvested spec at
  openapi/wattwatchers-rest-api-v3-openapi.json is never mutated.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-provider: wattwatchers
      x-apievangelist-artifacts:
        authentication: authentication/wattwatchers-authentication.yml
        conventions: conventions/wattwatchers-conventions.yml
        errors: errors/wattwatchers-error-codes.yml
        rateLimits: rate-limits/wattwatchers-rate-limits.yml
        lifecycle: lifecycle/wattwatchers-lifecycle.yml
        changelog: changelog/wattwatchers-changelog.yml
        dataModel: data-model/wattwatchers-data-model.yml
        conformance: conformance/wattwatchers-conformance.yml
      x-apievangelist-notes: >-
        The published contract declares no top-level security requirement even
        though every operation requires the bearer token in practice, and it
        omits the 429 and 500 responses that the error reference documents.

  - target: $
    update:
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
      x-apievangelist-security-note: >-
        The upstream spec applies BearerAuth per-operation on only two
        operations. An anonymous request to any path returns 401 UNAUTHORIZED,
        so the correct model is a global security requirement.

  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-rate-limits:
        scope: api-key
        dimensions: [transactions-per-second, transactions-per-day]
        auto_scaling: true
        headers:
          - X-RateLimit-TpsLimit
          - X-RateLimit-TpsRemaining
          - X-RateLimit-TpsReset
          - X-RateLimit-TpdLimit
          - X-RateLimit-TpdRemaining
          - X-RateLimit-TpdReset
          - Retry-After
        docs: https://docs.wattwatchers.com.au/api/v3/rate-limits.html

  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-error-envelope:
        media_type: application/json
        shape: '{code, httpCode, message}'
        multi_error_shape: '{errors: [...]}'
        rfc9457: false
        docs: https://docs.wattwatchers.com.au/api/v3/errors.html

  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-events:
        webhooks: false
        streaming: false
        note: >-
          No push surface. The vendor documents that a stream-based push API is
          being explored. Integrators poll; see the polling guidance.
        polling_guidance: https://docs.wattwatchers.com.au/api/tips/polling-data.html

  - target: $.paths['/devices/{device-id}'].patch
    update:
      x-agentic-access:
        action-class: acting
        consequence: physical
        human-in-the-loop: required
        audit: required
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        The only write operation in the API. Setting a switch state opens or
        closes a real relay on +3SW hardware (6M+3SW, 6W+3SW, 3RM+3SW). Changes
        are applied asynchronously; the requested value appears under `pending`
        until the device converges. Read-only properties supplied in the body
        are silently ignored rather than rejected.

  - target: $.paths['/short-energy/{device-id}'].get
    update:
      x-apievangelist-window:
        max_period: 12 hours
        over_limit_status: 422
        default_from: now minus 1 hour
        default_to: fromTs plus 1 hour
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        Response arrays are POSITIONAL — eReal[n], eReactive[n], vRMS[n] and
        iRMS[n] correspond to channels[n] from getDevice. Fetch the device
        before interpreting any energy payload.

  - target: $.paths['/long-energy/{device-id}'].get
    update:
      x-apievangelist-window:
        max_period: 7 days at default granularity
        over_limit_status: 422
        default_from: the device's first Long Energy entry
        default_to: fromTs plus 7 days
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        `timezone` is REQUIRED when `granularity` is hour or coarser and is
        ignored below that. `fields[energy]=+pf` cannot be combined with
        `filter[group]=phases`. Response arrays are positional by channel.

  - target: $.paths['/modbus/{device-id}'].get
    update:
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        The response schema varies by the downstream meter model attached to the
        6M+One device (PMC-340B three-phase or PMC-220 single-phase); the `model`
        field on each data point records which was attached at capture time.

  - target: $.components.schemas.Error
    update:
      x-apievangelist-catalog: errors/wattwatchers-error-codes.yml
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        The `httpCode` body field does not always match the HTTP status — the
        vendor's own FORBIDDEN example returns HTTP 403 with httpCode 401. Trust
        the HTTP status, not the body field.

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