openbb-oilpriceapi

OpenBB provider fetchers for source-timestamped records from OilPriceAPI. Dataset access depends on the API key's plan, source, and account entitlements.

Install

python -m pip install openbb-oilpriceapi

The package registers the oilpriceapi provider extension and these provider models:

Provider model	Fetcher	Purpose
OilPrice	OilPriceAPIFetcher	Latest available price record
OilHistorical	OilHistoricalFetcher	Versioned historical-period records

These are provider fetchers, not an OpenBB router extension. OpenBB documents direct fetcher execution as the supported way to use a provider independently of a router.

Quickstart

Create or manage a key at the OilPriceAPI signup page, then set it outside your source code:

export OPENBB_OILPRICEAPI_API_KEY="your_key"
python examples/quickstart.py BRENT

The equivalent Python query is:

import asyncio
import os

from openbb_oilpriceapi.models import OilPriceAPIFetcher

prices = asyncio.run(
    OilPriceAPIFetcher.fetch_data(
        {"symbol": "BRENT"},
        {"api_key": os.environ["OPENBB_OILPRICEAPI_API_KEY"]},
    )
)
record = prices[0]
print(record.symbol, record.price, record.currency, record.updated_at, record.source)

For an OpenBB application settings file, the credential name is oilpriceapi_api_key. After installing a provider into an existing OpenBB environment, rebuild its extension map as described in the OpenBB provider documentation.

Symbols

The package deliberately exposes a curated, versioned set of OpenBB-style symbols rather than dynamically importing /commodities. OpenBB query choices must be deterministic, while the API catalog and account entitlements can change independently. A mapping means the provider can construct the request; it does not guarantee that every API key can access that dataset. New mappings are reviewed and shipped in provider releases.

Symbol	OilPriceAPI code
WTI	WTI_USD
BRENT	BRENT_CRUDE_USD
URALS	URALS_CRUDE_USD
DUBAI	DUBAI_CRUDE_USD
NG	NATURAL_GAS_USD
NG_EU	DUTCH_TTF_EUR
NG_UK	NATURAL_GAS_GBP
COAL	COAL_USD
DIESEL_US	DIESEL_USD
GASOLINE_US	GASOLINE_USD

Omitting symbol from OilPriceAPIFetcher requests the API's default latest record. It does not request the complete catalog.

Historical Query

import asyncio
import os

from openbb_oilpriceapi.models import OilHistoricalFetcher

history = asyncio.run(
    OilHistoricalFetcher.fetch_data(
        {"symbol": "WTI", "period": "past_week"},
        {"api_key": os.environ["OPENBB_OILPRICEAPI_API_KEY"]},
    )
)
for record in history:
    print(record.date, record.price, record.currency, record.unit, record.source)

Supported request values are past_day, past_week, past_month, and past_year. Response timestamps, units, currencies, and source labels are taken from the API response. The provider raises a typed error instead of inventing values when a successful response is empty or malformed.

Error Recovery

The public exception classes are:

• AuthenticationError: add or replace the configured API key.
• EntitlementError: review the current pricing and access options.
• RateLimitError: retry after the account's rate-limit window.
• ProviderTimeoutError: retry the request later.
• ResponseSchemaError: preserve the response context and report upstream schema drift.
• NotFoundError: check the requested symbol mapping.

Product Facts

Do not copy plan limits, catalog totals, source cadence, or redistribution terms from this repository. Those facts change independently of the provider. Use the versioned product-facts contract, API documentation, and data-usage policy when publishing derived material.

Development

poetry install
poetry run pytest -q
poetry build

To run the bounded production smoke (one latest request and one past_year request) with a safe test credential:

OPENBB_OILPRICEAPI_API_KEY="..." poetry run python scripts/live_smoke.py

The smoke prints only the returned symbol and history record count; it never prints the credential or request headers.

License

MIT