eia

name: eia description: EIA API for energy data (oil, gas, electricity prices and production). API key via EIA_API_KEY env var. Use for energy market and commodity forecasting.

EIA API

US Energy Information Administration. API key from EIA_API_KEY env var.

Endpoint

https://api.eia.gov/v2/

Common Routes

Series Codes

Basic Usage

import requests
import os

api_key = os.environ.get('EIA_API_KEY')

# Get WTI crude oil spot prices
url = "https://api.eia.gov/v2/petroleum/pri/spt/data"
params = {
    "api_key": api_key,
    "data[]": "value",
    "facets[series][]": "RWTC",
    "frequency": "daily",
    "sort[0][column]": "period",
    "sort[0][direction]": "desc",
    "length": 30
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = response.json()

for row in data['response']['data']:
    print(f"{row['period']}: ${row['value']}/barrel")

Date Filtering for Backtesting

params = {
    "api_key": api_key,
    "start": "2023-01",
    "end": "2024-06",  # Cutoff
    "frequency": "monthly"
}