nordpool

Python library for fetching Nord Pool Elspot and Elbas prices.

Installing bleeding edge version from GitHub

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/kipe/nordpool.git

Upgrading

pip install -U git+https://github.com/kipe/nordpool.git

Example

# Import library for fetching Elspot data
from nordpool import elspot, elbas
from pprint import pprint

# Initialize class for fetching Elspot prices
prices_spot = elspot.Prices()

# Initialize class for fetching Elsbas prices
prices_bas = elbas.Prices()

# Fetch hourly Elspot prices for Finland and print the resulting dictionary
pprint(prices_spot.hourly(areas=['FI']))

# Fetch hourly Elbas prices for Finland and print the resulting dictionary
pprint(prices_bas.hourly(areas=['FI']))

Output

{u'areas': {
    u'FI': {
        u'Average': 32.54,
        u'Max': 37.31,
        u'Min': 30.04,
        u'Off-peak 1': 30.74,
        u'Off-peak 2': 32.07,
        u'Peak': 33.9,
        u'values': [
            {u'end': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3, 23, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'start': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3, 22, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'value': 31.2},
            {u'end': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 4, 0, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'start': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3, 23, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'value': 30.68},
            ... SNIP ...
            {u'end': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 4, 22, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'start': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 4, 21, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
             u'value': 30.82}]}},
 u'currency': u'EUR',
 u'end': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 4, 22, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
 u'start': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3, 22, 0, tzinfo=<UTC>),
 u'updated': datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 3, 10, 42, 42, 110000, tzinfo=<UTC>)}
 ...