RE: Retrieving fuel price data from eia.gov

Check out the sample code[1] at bottom of page that issues API request
using the IWS transport APIs. Once you retrieve the data, you will need to
parse, etc.

[1] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1138654



"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 05/21/2021
12:07:45 AM:

From: Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion

<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/21/2021 12:08 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Retrieving fuel price data from eia.gov
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Probably about 18 lines in Python.

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 4:32 PM mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Has anyone here used the API retrieval of the fuel price data

(diesel,

jet fuel, etc.) from eia.gov? Their API documentation page is:
INVALID URI REMOVED

u=https-3A__www.eia.gov_opendata_commands.php&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-
siA1ZOg&r=1i-jGlz0-JTK1aLHcsU-ew&m=D7DMVGW-

aD7vZl_EyJ0O5qxNL1HYCZ67QmWwZXVwsA0&s=rh5tXbZCBE1xudOYOnMrueijaNMVLQJQF9VLJu6ZX08&e=

Preference is in either SQL or RPG. I'm looking to query the weekly
fuel prices for a range of dates and bring it into the system, on an
ongoing basis. Doing it via Excel is clumsier to me, if I can do it
directly in RPG or SQL. TIA.