National Energy System Operator

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is the independent operator responsible for planning and operating Great Britain's electricity and gas networks. NESO publishes operational, market, and forecasting datasets through its Data Portal, which exposes a CKAN v3 API for programmatic access to energy system data including wind forecasts, demand predictions, balancing services, and transmission constraints.

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NESO Data Portal API

CKAN v3 API for the NESO Data Portal providing programmatic access to datasets, resources, and tabular data through search, metadata, and datastore endpoints.

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NESO Data Portal API

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opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: NESO Data Portal API
  version: '3'
items:
- info:
    name: Discovery
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List data groups
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/organization_list
    docs: Returns a list of all data groups (CKAN organizations) on the NESO Data Portal.
  - info:
      name: List datasets
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/package_list
    docs: Returns a list of all datasets (CKAN packages) on the NESO Data Portal.
  - info:
      name: List tags
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/tag_list
    docs: Returns a list of available tags on the NESO Data Portal.
- info:
    name: Search
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Search datasets
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/package_search
      params:
      - name: q
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Search query string.
    docs: Searches datasets by query criteria.
  - info:
      name: Search resources
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/resource_search
      params:
      - name: q
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Search query string.
    docs: Searches data files (resources) by query criteria.
- info:
    name: Metadata
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Show dataset
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/package_show
      params:
      - name: id
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Dataset identifier or slug.
    docs: Returns the details of a single dataset.
  - info:
      name: Show resource
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/resource_show
      params:
      - name: id
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Resource identifier (UUID).
    docs: Returns metadata for a single resource, including modification date for change-detection.
- info:
    name: Datastore
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Query tabular data
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search
      params:
      - name: resource_id
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Resource identifier whose datastore is being queried.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of records to return.
      - name: offset
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Offset into the result set.
      - name: q
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Free-text query against indexed fields.
    docs: Queries the datastore for tabular records with optional filters and pagination.
  - info:
      name: Query datastore via SQL
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql
      params:
      - name: sql
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: PostgreSQL-syntax SQL query.
    docs: Queries the datastore using PostgreSQL syntax. Field IDs and Resource IDs must be enclosed in double quotes.
bundled: true