NGED Connections Reform Register

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Access this data via a web API. Further information in the CKAN API guide (opens in new tab).

Endpoints

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Create
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_create

Update / Insert
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_upsert

Query
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search

Querying
First 5 results:
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05&limit=5

Results containing 'jones':
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05&q=jones

Examples
  
    curl -X POST 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search' \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "resource_id": "88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05",
        "limit": 5,
        "q": "jones"
      }'
  
  
    using System;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Text.Json;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    var data = new {
      resource_id = "88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05", // the resource id
      limit = 5, // get 5 results
      q = "jones" // query for 'jones'
    };

    var url = "https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search";

    using var client = new HttpClient();
    var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(data);
    var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

    try {
      var response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
      response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
      var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
      var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(responseBody);
      Console.WriteLine($"Total results found: {result.GetProperty("result").GetProperty("total")}");
    } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
      Console.WriteLine($"Error fetching data: {e.Message}");
    }
  
  
    const data = {
      resource_id: '88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05', // the resource id
      limit: 5, // get 5 results
      q: 'jones' // query for 'jones'
    };

    const url = new URL('https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search');
    Object.keys(data).forEach(key => url.searchParams.append(key, data[key]));

    fetch(url)
      .then(response => response.json())
      .then(result => {
        console.log('Total results found: ' + result.result.total);
      })
      .catch(error => {
        console.error('Error fetching data:', error);
      });
  
  
    import urllib.request
    import urllib.error
    import json

    url = 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05&limit=5&q=title:jones'  
    
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
            data = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
            print(f"Total results found: {data['result']['total']}")
    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
        print(f"Error fetching data: {e}")
  
  
    $data = [
      'resource_id' => '88906436-9c30-465f-a5f5-6800263e8d05', // the resource id
      'limit' => 5, // get 5 results
      'q' => 'jones' // query for 'jones'
    ];

    $url = 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search';

    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    if ($httpCode === 200) {
      $result = json_decode($response, true);
      echo "Total results found: " . $result['result']['total'];
    } else {
      echo "Error fetching data: HTTP " . $httpCode;
    }
  

Data Dictionary

Data Dictionary: Column definitions and metadata for this resource
Column Type Label Description Example
Company Name text Not provided-

The name of the company registered for the connection ageement.

Exagen Holly Lane Limited
Export Capacity (MW) numeric MW

The full export capacity of the specific site and technology.

75.0
Firm Connection Date timestamp Not provided-

The firm connection date for when a site can connect to the network at full capacity.

28/06/2033
G2TWQ Status text Not provided-

The status of a connection for the Gate Two To Whole Queue process.

CMP435
GSP text Not provided-

GSPs are points of connection between the Transmission System and a Distribution System.

BERKSWELL 132kV S STN
Licence Area text Not provided-

DNO Licence Areas are widely used as an regional aggregation in which the GSPs are allocated.

East Midlands
Non-Firm Connection Date timestamp Not provided-

A site with non-firm connection date will be able to connect to the network earlier on a limited capacity.

28/03/2027
Site Name text Not provided-

The name of site for a connection.

Solihull, CV8 1PT
Technology text Not provided-

The Technology category as assigned by NESO.

Solar