Writing code to access agile octopus rest API in python 3 on a raspberry pi

Question

Octopus give an example of the command needed to access their API:

curl -u "sk_live_************************:" "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/AGILE-18-02-21/electricity-tariffs/E-1R-AGILE-18-02-21-M/standard-unit-rates/"

The ************************ represents what will be my password or unique key

My code is:

import urllib.request

curlplusurl = 'curl -u "sk_live_************************:" "https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/AGILE-18-02-21/electricity-tariffs/E-1R-AGILE-18-02-21-M/standard-unit-rates/"'

with urllib.request.urlopen(curlplusurl) as response 
    answer = response.read()

I get the following error:

raise URLError('unknown url type: %s' % type)

urllib.error.URLError: urlopen error unknown url type: curl -u "sk_live_************************

the bit with the password/unique key is vital - so how do I give it if I can't do it the way Octopus describe?

Answer 1

To solve this you can use the download manager in the octopy-energy library (disclosure: which I've written) - https://ayrtonb.github.io/Octopy-Energy/

from octopyenergy.api import DownloadManager

octopus_api_key = 'your_octopus_api_key'
meter_mpan = 'your_meter_mpan'
meter_serial = 'your_meter_serial'

download_manager = DownloadManager(meter_mpan=meter_mpan, 
                                   meter_serial=meter_serial, 
                                   api_key=octopus_api_key)

s_elec_consumption = download_manager.create_elec_consumption_s()

s_elec_consumption.plot()