Create an API call for B-data flows

Create an API call for B-data flows

build_b_call(
  data_item,
  api_key,
  settlement_date = NULL,
  period = NULL,
  year = NULL,
  month = NULL,
  week = NULL,
  process_type = NULL,
  start_time = NULL,
  end_time = NULL,
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL,
  service_type = c("csv", "xml"),
  api_version = "v1",
  ...
)

Arguments

data_item	character string; the id of the B flow
api_key	character string; api key retrieved from the Elexon portal
settlement_date	character string; settlement date (automatically cleaned by format_date)
period	character string; settlement period
year	character string; year
month	character string; month
week	character string; week
process_type	character string; process type
start_time	character string; start time
end_time	character string; end time
start_date	character string; start date
end_date	character string; end date
service_type	character string; file format (csv or xml)
api_version	character string; version of the api to use (currently on v1)
...	additional parameters that will be appended onto the query string

Value

list; list with entries url for the call, service_type and data_item

See also

Other call-building functions: build_call(), build_legacy_call(), build_remit_call()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
    build_b_call(data_item = "B1730",
    api_key = "12345", settlement_date = "14-12-2016")

    build_b_call(data_item = "B1510",
    api_key = "12345", start_date = "01 Jan 2019",
    start_time = "00:00:00", end_date = "02 Jan 2019",
    end_time = "24:00:00", service_type = "csv")
}