Live Data API

Get irradiance weather and power estimated actuals for near real-time and past 7 days for the requested location, derived from satellite (clouds and irradiance over non-polar continental areas) and numerical weather models (other data).

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The module LiveClient has the following available methods:

Endpoint	Purpose	API Docs
GetRadiationAndWeather	Get irradiance and weather estimated actuals for near real-time and past 7 days for the requested location, derived from satellite (clouds and irradiance over non-polar continental areas) and numerical weather models (other data).	details
GetRooftopPvPower	Get basic rooftop PV power estimated actuals for near real-time and past 7 days for the requested location, derived from satellite (clouds and irradiance over non-polar continental areas) and numerical weather models (other data). The basic rooftop power simulation is only suitable for residential and smaller C&I rooftop sites, not for grid-scale sites. Attention hobbyist users If you have a hobbyist user account please use the Rooftop Sites (Hobbyist) endpoints.	details
GetAdvancedPvPower	Get high spec PV power estimated actuals for near real-time and past 7 days for the requested site, derived from satellite (clouds and irradiance over non-polar continental areas) and numerical weather models (other data).	details

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GetRadiationAndWeather

Parameters: latitude, longitude, hours, period, tilt, azimuth, arrayType, outputParameters, terrainShading, format

Example Usage:

using Solcast.Clients;

var liveClient = new LiveClient();
var response = await liveClient.GetRadiationAndWeather(
    latitude: -33.856784,
    longitude: 151.215297,
    period: "PT30M",
    tilt: 30.0f,
    azimuth: 180.0f,
    format: "csv"
);
Console.WriteLine(response.RawResponse);

Sample Output:

air_temp	dni	ghi	period_end	period
23	795	919	2025-02-18T01:30:00Z	PT30M
23	692	843	2025-02-18T01:00:00Z	PT30M
...	...	...	...	...
19	1039	1045	2025-02-16T02:00:00Z	PT30M
19	1037	1024	2025-02-16T01:30:00Z	PT30M

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GetRooftopPvPower

Parameters: latitude, longitude, capacity, hours, period, tilt, azimuth, installDate, lossFactor, outputParameters, terrainShading, format

Example Usage:

using Solcast.Clients;

var liveClient = new LiveClient();
var response = await liveClient.GetRooftopPvPower(
    latitude: -33.856784,
    longitude: 151.215297,
    capacity: 5.0f,
    format: "csv"
);
Console.WriteLine(response.RawResponse);

Sample Output:

pv_power_rooftop	period_end	period
3.739	2025-02-18T01:30:00Z	PT30M
3.441	2025-02-18T01:00:00Z	PT30M
...	...	...
4.243	2025-02-16T02:00:00Z	PT30M
4.169	2025-02-16T01:30:00Z	PT30M

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GetAdvancedPvPower

Parameters: resourceId, hours, outputParameters, period, applyAvailability, applyConstraint, applyDustSoiling, applySnowSoiling, applyTrackerInactive, terrainShading, format

Example Usage:

using Solcast.Clients;

var liveClient = new LiveClient();
var response = await liveClient.GetAdvancedPvPower(
    resourceId: "ba75-e17a-7374-95ed",
    format: "csv"
);
Console.WriteLine(response.RawResponse);

Sample Output:

pv_power_advanced	period_end	period
10	2025-02-18T01:30:00Z	PT30M
9.674	2025-02-18T01:00:00Z	PT30M
...	...	...
8.616	2025-02-11T02:00:00Z	PT30M
9.911	2025-02-11T01:30:00Z	PT30M

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