Savjee / energy-prices-api

Energy Price API

Simple API that returns the price for gas and electricity.

Currently only supports Belgium 🇧🇪 but I'm open to pull requests!.

Usage

Get gas prices:

GET https://energy-prices.savjee.workers.dev/be/gas

Response:

{
    "price":2.3989239371241693,
    "unit":"m3"
}

Get electricity price:

GET https://energy-prices.savjee.workers.dev/be/electricity

Response:

{
    "avg":0.3301816666666666,
    "median":0.30147
}

The API is a Cloudflare Worker that makes requests to the datasources (PowerNext and Elia) and caches the results for 1 hour.

Integration with Home Assistant

Want to use this API in your Home Assistant instance? Simply include these RESTful sensors:

- platform: rest
  resource: https://energy-prices.savjee.workers.dev/be/gas
  method: GET
  name: Gas wholesale price
  value_template: {{ value_json.price | round(2) }}
  device_class: monetary
  state_class: measurement
  unit_of_measurement: "€/m³"
  scan_interval: 3600  # 1 hour

- platform: rest
  resource: https://energy-prices.savjee.workers.dev/be/electricity
  method: GET
  name: Electricity wholesale price
  value_template: {{ value_json.avg | round(2) }}
  device_class: monetary
  state_class: measurement
  unit_of_measurement: "€/kWh"
  scan_interval: 3600  # 1 hour

Wishlist

• Support more countries
• Version the API to prevent breaking changes in the future
• Have a uniform response format and document the units we're using