aWATTar · Schema
aWATTar Market Data Response
Schema for the aWATTar API /v1/marketdata endpoint response containing hourly EPEX Spot electricity market prices
ElectricityEnergySpot PriceEPEX SpotDynamic PricingAustriaGermanySmart EnergyIoT
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| object | string | Type identifier for the response object |
| data | array | Array of hourly market price entries |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/awattar/main/json-schema/awattar-market-data-response.json",
"title": "aWATTar Market Data Response",
"description": "Schema for the aWATTar API /v1/marketdata endpoint response containing hourly EPEX Spot electricity market prices",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"object": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Type identifier for the response object",
"const": "list"
},
"data": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of hourly market price entries",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/MarketPriceEntry"
}
}
},
"required": ["object", "data"],
"$defs": {
"MarketPriceEntry": {
"title": "Market Price Entry",
"description": "A single hourly electricity market price data point from the EPEX Spot exchange",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start_timestamp": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Start of the pricing interval as Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds (UTC)",
"examples": [1428591600000]
},
"end_timestamp": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "End of the pricing interval as Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds (UTC). Typically 3600000 ms (1 hour) after start_timestamp.",
"examples": [1428595200000]
},
"marketprice": {
"type": "number",
"description": "EPEX Spot market price for the interval in EUR/MWh. Can be negative during periods of excess renewable energy supply.",
"examples": [42.09, -5.12, 102.49]
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unit of measurement for the market price",
"const": "Eur/MWh"
}
},
"required": ["start_timestamp", "end_timestamp", "marketprice", "unit"]
}
}
}