Intraday Messages

This endpoint returns intraday messages for a selected market. The response shape depends on the requested type.

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Endpoint

GET https://www.asxenergy.com.au/api/messages

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Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
market	string	YES	Accepted market codes: - au_electricity - nz_electricity - au_gas - au_environmental - nz_environmental
type	enum	YES	Accepted types: - message_board - registered_trades - custom_market
from	string	NO	Optional time filter to limit the range of returned data. All messages from the specified time onward, including messages at the exact timestamp, will be returned. Format: HHmmss (e.g. 093000 for 09:30:00)

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Errors

Status	When	Body
400	market or type is missing or invalid	{"error":"..."}
403	Your token is not entitled to the requested market	{"error":"forbidden"}
401 429	Authentication failure or rate limit exceeded	See Data API overview

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CSV Support

The API supports CSV-formatted responses when requested via the Accept header. To receive data in CSV format, set the following header in your request:

Accept: text/csv

Columns are tab-separated (not comma-separated).

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Message board

Returns message-board entries for the requested market.

Response

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
market	string	YES	Echo of market
type	string	YES	Always message_board
date	string	YES	Session date as yyyyMMdd
data	array	YES	Message data listed below

data array items:

Name	Type	Notes
time	string	Time as HHmmss
message	string	Message text

Example

Request:

GET https://www.asxenergy.com.au/api/messages?market=au_electricity&type=message_board

JSON response:

{
  "market": "au_electricity",
  "type": "message_board",
  "date": "20250408",
  "data": [
    {
      "time": "111857",
      "message": "RFQ: ENK5"
    },
    {
      "time": "110542",
      "message": "RFQ: HQZ8"
    }
  ]
}

CSV response (tab-separated):

time	message
111857	RFQ: ENK5
110542	RFQ: HQZ8

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Registered trades

Returns registered-trade messages for the requested market.

Response

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
market	string	YES	Echo of market
type	string	YES	Always registered_trades
date	string	YES	Session date as yyyyMMdd
data	array	YES	Message rows listed below

data array items:

Name	Type	Notes
time	string	Time as HHmmss
message	string	Message text

Example

Request:

GET https://www.asxenergy.com.au/api/messages?market=au_electricity&type=registered_trades

JSON response:

{
  "market": "au_electricity",
  "type": "registered_trades",
  "date": "20250408",
  "data": [
    {
      "time": "111610",
      "message": "Trade: BQU5 11 @ 110.25"
    },
    {
      "time": "111938",
      "message": "Trade: ENK2025 2 @ 140.00"
    }
  ]
}

CSV response (tab-separated):

time	message
111610	Trade: BQU5 11 @ 110.25
111938	Trade: ENK2025 2 @ 140.00

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Custom market

Returns custom-market messages for the requested market.

Response

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
market	string	YES	Echo of market
type	string	YES	Always custom_market
data	array	YES	Custom market data listed below

data array items:

Name	Type	Notes
contract	string	Contract label
net	string	Net value (decimal string)
size	string	Size
price_1	string	Leg 1 price
price_2	string	Leg 2 price
price_3	string	Leg 3 price
price_4	string	Leg 4 price
price_5	string	Leg 5 price
price_6	string	Leg 6 price
ratio_1	string	Leg 1 ratio
ratio_2	string	Leg 2 ratio
ratio_3	string	Leg 3 ratio
ratio_4	string	Leg 4 ratio
ratio_5	string	Leg 5 ratio
ratio_6	string	Leg 6 ratio

Example

Request:

GET https://www.asxenergy.com.au/api/messages?market=au_gas&type=custom_market

JSON response:

{
  "market": "au_gas",
  "type": "custom_market",
  "data": [
    {
      "contract": "Contract",
      "net": "0.00",
      "size": "0",
      "price_1": "0.00",
      "price_2": "0.00",
      "price_3": "0.00",
      "price_4": "0.00",
      "price_5": "0.00",
      "price_6": "0.00",
      "ratio_1": "0.00",
      "ratio_2": "0.00",
      "ratio_3": "0.00",
      "ratio_4": "0.00",
      "ratio_5": "0.00",
      "ratio_6": "0.00"
    }
  ]
}

CSV response (tab-separated):

contract	net	size	price_1	price_2	price_3	price_4	price_5	price_6	ratio_1	ratio_2	ratio_3	ratio_4	ratio_5	ratio_6
Contract	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00