eiapy 0.1.1

A simple wrapper for the EIA API.

eiapy

Python 3 wrapper for the U.S. Energy Information Administration API.

Quick start

pip install eiapy

Get the last 5 measurements of the electricity flow between California and Mexico.

>>> from eiapy import Series
>>> cal_to_mex = Series('EBA.CISO-CFE.ID.H')
>>> cal_to_mex.last(5)
{'request': {'command': 'series', 'series_id': 'EBA.CISO-CFE.ID.H'},
 'series': [{'data': [['20180401T07Z', -11],
                      ['20180401T06Z', -16],
                      ['20180401T05Z', -11],
                      ['20180401T04Z', -7],
                      ['20180401T03Z', -5]],
             'description': 'Timestamps follow the ISO8601 standard '
                            '(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). Hourly '
                            'representations are provided in Universal Time.',
             'end': '20180401T07Z',
             'f': 'H',
             'name': 'Actual Net Interchange for California Independent System '
                     'Operator (CISO) to Comision Federal de Electricidad '
                     '(CFE), Hourly',
             'series_id': 'EBA.CISO-CFE.ID.H',
             'start': '20150701T00Z',
             'units': 'megawatthours',
             'updated': '2018-04-02T08:43:16-0400'}]}

For more details about the API go to the EIA's Open Data page. To find interesting data (and identifiers) browse the data sets.

Go here to see the API terms of service and here for an explanation of copyright and reuse of their data.

Notes on API behaviour

• When providing invalid time limits for a series data request an empty data list is returned.
• For data requests num & start cannot be used together but num & end can.
• When an invalid series id is passed this is the response.

{'request': {'series_id': 'eba.ciso-cfe.id.', 'command': 'series', 'num': '5'},
 'data': {'error': 'invalid series_id. For key registration, documentation, and
 examples see https://www.eia.gov/developer/'}}

Changelog

0.1.1

• Started using requests session functionality to improve performance.
• Fixed a mistake in the MultiSeries class that stopped it working entirely.
• Added a version attribute to the package.
• Overhaul of readme.