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ElprisenLigeNu Python API Client

A Python library for accessing Danish electricity spot prices from the ElprisenLigeNu.dk API.

Overview

ElprisenLigeNu provides real-time and historical Danish electricity spot prices for the two Danish price zones:

• DK1 (West of Great Belt - Jutland and Funen)
• DK2 (East of Great Belt - Zealand and Bornholm)

This library provides a simple Python interface to fetch hourly electricity prices with automatic timezone handling and type-safe data models.

Features

• 🔌 Simple API for fetching electricity prices
• 🇩🇰 Support for both Danish price zones (DK1/DK2)
• ⏰ Automatic timezone handling (Europe/Copenhagen)
• 📊 Type-safe data models using Pydantic
• 💰 Prices in both DKK and EUR with exchange rates
• 🕐 Hourly granularity with start/end timestamps

Installation

pip install elprisenligenu

Or using uv:

uv add elprisenligenu

Quick Start

from datetime import datetime
from elprisenligenu import API

# Initialize the API client
api = API()

# Get today's prices for Copenhagen area (DK2)
prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK2")

# Get prices for Aarhus area (DK1)
prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK1")

# Get prices for a specific date
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo

date = datetime(2024, 10, 29, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("Europe/Copenhagen"))
prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK2", date=date)

# Work with the price data
for hour_data in prices:
    print(f"Time: {hour_data.time_start} - {hour_data.time_end}")
    print(f"Price: {hour_data.DKK_per_kWh:.4f} DKK/kWh")
    print(f"Price: {hour_data.EUR_per_kWh:.4f} EUR/kWh")
    print(f"Exchange rate: {hour_data.EXR:.4f}")
    print("---")

API Reference

API Class

from elprisenligenu import API

api = API()

Methods

get_daily_prices(zone="DK1", date=datetime.now())

Fetch hourly electricity prices for a specific day and zone.

Parameters:

• zone (str): Price zone, either "DK1" or "DK2". Default: "DK1"
• date (datetime): Date to fetch prices for. Must be timezone-aware. Default: current date

Returns:

• list[HourData]: List of hourly price data objects

Raises:

• ValueError: If zone is not "DK1" or "DK2", or if date is not timezone-aware
• TypeError: If date is not a datetime object
• requests.HTTPError: If the API request fails

HourData Model

The HourData class represents electricity price data for a single hour:

from elprisenligenu.dto import HourData

class HourData:
    DKK_per_kWh: float      # Price in Danish Kroner per kWh
    EUR_per_kWh: float      # Price in Euros per kWh
    EXR: float              # Exchange rate EUR to DKK
    time_start: datetime    # Hour start time
    time_end: datetime      # Hour end time

Examples

Find the cheapest and most expensive hours

from elprisenligenu import API

api = API()
prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK2")

# Find cheapest hour
cheapest = min(prices, key=lambda x: x.DKK_per_kWh)
print(f"Cheapest: {cheapest.DKK_per_kWh:.4f} DKK/kWh at {cheapest.time_start.hour}:00")

# Find most expensive hour
expensive = max(prices, key=lambda x: x.DKK_per_kWh)
print(f"Most expensive: {expensive.DKK_per_kWh:.4f} DKK/kWh at {expensive.time_start.hour}:00")

Calculate daily average price

from elprisenligenu import API

api = API()
prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK1")

average_price = sum(hour.DKK_per_kWh for hour in prices) / len(prices)
print(f"Average price today: {average_price:.4f} DKK/kWh")

Get price data for multiple days

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
from elprisenligenu import API

api = API()
timezone = ZoneInfo("Europe/Copenhagen")

# Get prices for the last 7 days
for i in range(7):
    date = datetime.now(timezone) - timedelta(days=i)
    try:
        prices = api.get_daily_prices(zone="DK2", date=date)
        avg_price = sum(hour.DKK_per_kWh for hour in prices) / len(prices)
        print(f"{date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}: {avg_price:.4f} DKK/kWh")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Failed to get data for {date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}: {e}")

Price Zones

Denmark is divided into two electricity price zones:

• DK1 (West): Jutland and Funen (west of the Great Belt)
  • Major cities: Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Esbjerg
• DK2 (East): Zealand, Lolland, Falster, and Bornholm (east of the Great Belt)
  • Major cities: Copenhagen, Roskilde, Helsingør

Data Source

This library uses the free API provided by ElprisenLigeNu.dk. The electricity prices are:

• Spot prices from the Nord Pool electricity market
• Provided without VAT or additional fees
• Updated daily (tomorrow's prices available from 13:00 the day before)
• Historical data available from November 1, 2022
• Originally sourced from ENTSO-E in EUR, converted to DKK

Development

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Dependencies: pydantic>=2.12.3, requests>=2.32.5

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/elprisenligenu.git
cd elprisenligenu

# Install with development dependencies
uv sync --dev

# Run tests (unit tests only)
uv run pytest tests/unit/

# Run all tests including integration tests (requires internet)
uv run pytest

# Run tests with coverage
uv run pytest --cov=src --cov-report=html

# Type checking
uv run mypy .

# Linting
uv run ruff check .

# Formatting
uv run ruff format .

Test Structure

The test suite is organized into:

• Unit Tests (tests/unit/): Fast tests that mock external dependencies

  • test_hour_data.py: Tests for the HourData model
  • test_api.py: Tests for the API class with mocked HTTP requests

• Integration Tests (tests/test_integration.py): Tests that make real API calls

  • Marked with @pytest.mark.integration
  • Can be skipped with pytest -m "not integration"

Running Specific Tests

# Run only unit tests
uv run pytest tests/unit/

# Run only integration tests (requires internet)
uv run pytest -m integration

# Run tests matching a pattern
uv run pytest -k "test_hour_data"

# Run with verbose output
uv run pytest -v

# Run with coverage report
uv run pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Attribution

When using this library in public projects, please consider attributing the data source:

Electricity prices provided by ElprisenLigeNu.dk

Support

• 🐛 Report issues
• 📧 Contact: schnitzelen@gmail.com
• 🌐 ElprisenLigeNu.dk: hej@beneficial.no

Related Projects

• ElprisenLigeNu.dk - The source website
• API Documentation - Official API docs