Overview
The pricing object provides station level pricing information for a group of chargers at the same location. Paren tracks pricing Data is formatted following the OCPI 3.0 standard. Data is formatted following the OCPI v3.0 guidelines. Some attributes are Paren Specific. These are marked with a P in the first column.
Standard Attributes
Attribute | Description | |
|---|---|---|
P | timestamp | UTC timestamp of the generation of the response |
P | status_code | HTTP result status code |
P | status_description | HTTP result status message |
P | duration | For tracking purposes, this value represents the length of server time to generate the response |
P | data | An array of pricing objects |
P | data.location_id | The unique id for the charging station location |
P | data.uid | |
P | data.date | The UTC date of the data aggregation for the pricing of this charging station |
P | data.customer_type | member - This pricing information is for members of charging network. non-member - This pricing information is for non-members of the charging network. |
P | data.pricing_model | One of the following defined types: fixed- A per kWh price that is fixed for all hours of the time period tou - A per kWh price that varies per hour of the day time- A time-based price that is based on the total number of minutes spent charging. Data for these models is normalized to units of an hour power- A price which varies based on the energy output during the session, usually priced higher when higher kWs are delivered to the vehicle. flat - The price is a one-time price to charge, including free or no-charge. mixed - Some stations have a mixture of fixed and time-based pricing throughout the day. In these cases, the model is set to mixed. |
P | data.currency | The currency code for this station's pricing information. Currently USD and CAN are supported. |
P | data.pre_fees | The fee to initiate a charge |
P | data.post_fees | The fee charged for idling after the charging station is complete. |
P | data.wavg_price | The weighted average for the charging station where the calculation is based on the pricing_model: time,power,flat- Average between the minimum and maximum price for the date. fixed- Average between the minimum and maximum price which is usually the same value. tou- The sum of the prices for each hour over the 24h period, divided by 24. |
P | data.min_price | The minimum price over the time period |
P | data.max_price | The maximum price over the time period |