The information in this article is no longer relevant to our product offering, and PV Tuning has now been decommissioned. PV measurements can no longer be POSTed to the Solcast API for Rooftop PV Sites.
You can read more about this development in this article
Setup Automated POSTing of Rooftop Power Output Data to our API
If you have decided that routine and automatic POSTing of power output data to our API is the best option for you, the next step is to program an automated computer code script which can send this data to our API directly. This can be done using the following guidelines:
POSTing must be done using JSON format and must use a HTTP POST command to the correct resource ID.
Power output data can be provided using the 'measurement' or 'measurements' fields ('measurements' is used for POSTing more than one interval of data), and should be provide as averages of power output in kW, as calculated to the end of the averaging period.
You must use UTC timestamps to the ISO8601 standard. And should timestamp the 'period_end' field to the UTC time of the end of the period.
The average 'period' is in ISO8601 standard for a time duration. For example, 'PT5M' is a 5 minute duration.
Example JSON POST: Individual Measurement:
POST /rooftop_sites/1234-abcd-1234-abcd/measurements
{
"measurement": {
"period_end": "2018-02-02T03:30:00Z",
"period": "PT5M",
"total_power": 1.23456
}
}Example JSON POST: Bulk Measurements:
{
"measurements": [{
"period_end": "2018-01-02T00:10:00Z",
"period": "PT10M",
"total_power": 12
}, {
"period_end": "2018-01-02T00:20:00Z",
"period": "PT10M",
"total_power": 12
}, {
"period_end": "2018-01-02T00:30:00Z",
"period": "PT10M",
"total_power": 12
}
]
}An example of sending a measurement to a rooftop site with cURL would be.
curl -X POST \
https://api.solcast.com.au/rooftop_sites/abcd-1234-abcd-1234/measurements \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"measurement": {
"period_end": "2018-01-01T02:30:00Z",
"period": "PT5M",
"total_power": 123.45
}
}'
Where YOUR_API_KEY is substituted for your API key available from your accounts page once you're logged in.
When will my site be Tuned?
Tuning will occur automatically once enough high-quality measurements are received.
How many measurements are required?
Two months of data that ends in the last two weeks is the minimum requirement, and a full year of measurement data is ideal.
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