Testing the Solcast data API

Testing the Solcast data API

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Access unmetered locations to test your Solcast plan

Solcast enables you to test various endpoints at these locations, and it does not count against your API requests.

You can save up your API request budget while pulling data from the Solcast historical data API. We have added several unmetered locations to the API to help you develop against a set of location without consuming your API requests.

Unmetered Locations

These are selected locations that can be used when testing or evaluating data. Requests for data using the exact latitude and longitude combinations listed here will not reduce your number of available transactions.

Please note that Unmetered Locations are not available for the Legacy products including Weather Sites, Utility Scale Sites, Rooftop Sites and World API.

Location
Latitude
Longitude
Resource ID
Sydney Opera House
-33.856784
151.215297
ba75-e17a-7374-95ed
Grand Canyon
36.099763
-112.112485
375f-eb3e-71c0-ef5e
Stonehenge
51.178882
-1.826215
1a57-6b1f-ec18-c5c8
The Colosseum
41.89021
12.492231
5f86-4c8f-2cb3-0215
Giza Pyramid Complex
29.977296
31.132496
8d10-f530-af85-5cbb
Taj Mahal
27.175145
78.042142
b926-8fd2-ad3f-e4f5
Fort Peck (SURFRAD)
48.30783
-105.1017
3ae7-2456-492c-9aba
Goodwin Creek (SURFRAD)
34.2547
-89.8729
b787-cf17-e429-ef1d
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Historical Time Series Endpoint: With unmetered locations, the API endpoint for historical time series, will allow you to go over the 31 day duration limit. If you are calling a metered location, please ensure that your system is updated to account for the P31D requirement.