Internet of Things
Octopus Energy
10 min
octopus energy is a renewable energy supplier offering electricity and gas services integrating octopus energy with make com allows users to automate energy usage monitoring, billing management, and tariff updates directly within their workflows this is ai generated content based on official octopus energy documentation the content may contain mistakes please verify important information if you have questions on vendor documentation, contact https //octopus energy/contact us/ directly requirements to use the octopus energy app in make, you must have an active account and an authentication token, https //octopus energy/ for subscription, refer to the https //octopus energy/ connect octopus energy and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between octopus energy and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate obtain your api key in your octopus energy account create the connection in make obtain your api key in your octopus energy account before you create the connection in {{product name}} , you should first obtain your api key in your octopus energy account to obtain your api key navigate to the dashboard click the developer tab copy the api key displayed on the screen you will use this value while creating a connection in {{product name}} because the ui might have changed, the steps you see on your screen might be different, https //octopus energy/blog/new blog/octopus labs/ create the connection in {{product name}} https //www make com/en/register , add the octopus energy module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection if you add a module with an instant tag, click create a webhook , then create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection enter the authentication credentials you copied from your octopus energy account or follow the on screen instructions to create the connection for detailed information on connecting an application, see docid\ so88fm6pkt0g adkddfzz page octopus energy modules after connecting to the octopus energy app, you can choose from a list of available modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} get consumption retrieve a list of half hourly energy consumption values for a specified meter point and meter, with units depending on meter type (kwh for electricity and smets1 gas meters, m³ for smets2 gas meters); note that this data is only available for smart meters, and requests for non smart meters will return no data get a product fetch comprehensive information about a product, including all associated tariffs, as they existed at a specified date and time list products retrieve a list of available energy products, showing public products by default, and including organisation specific products if you are authenticated list tariff components retrieve detailed tariff components associated with a specific product, including its gsp (generalized system of preferences) status and tariff code make an api call executes a custom api request to the connected service using your authorized credentials templates you can look for more templates in https //www make com/en/templates , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} octopus energy resources you can have access to more resources related to this app on the following links https //community make com/search?q=octopus%20energy https //octopus energy/ https //developer octopus energy/ https //www make com/en/integrations/octopus energy