NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY)

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Ghazi
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25 Mar 2022 17:14 #10728 by Ghazi

NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY) was created by Ghazi

We're using the NREL API to fetch solar data through pysam. Everything was working nice and well until yesterday when suddenly the NREL API started returning errors with the text "Data processing failure."

The issue started happening at Mar 24,2022 10:16pm UTC and is still ongoing (everything was working fine before that).
pysam version used 2.2.4 (also tested with the latest 3.0.1 and same issue happened).
The error can be reproduced by visiting this url (make sure to set your email and api key)
developer.nrel.gov/api/nsrdb/v2/solar/psm3-tmy-download.csv?names=tmy&wkt=POINT%28-121.46+37.74%29&interval=60&api_key=&email=&utc=false

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Paul Gilman

28 Mar 2022 21:39 #10746 by Paul Gilman

Replied by Paul Gilman on topic NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY)

Hi Ghazi,

I have received several reports of issues with the NSRDB API in that time period. It seems to be working now in my tests.

Please let me know if you continue to have trouble.

Best regards,
Paul.

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squables

29 Mar 2022 23:34 #10757 by squables

Replied by squables on topic NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY)

Had the same issue today on first boot. Fixed by restarting the applicaton. It seems like the app couldn't retrieve the email variable until restart.

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Paul Gilman

30 Mar 2022 23:25 #10773 by Paul Gilman

Replied by Paul Gilman on topic NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY)

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know about this. We are investigating and will fix this for the next update to SAM 2021.12.02 if it is an issue on the SAM end rather than with the API.

Best regards,
Paul.

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Ghazi
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31 Mar 2022 07:10 #10778 by Ghazi

Replied by Ghazi on topic NREL API error when fetching solar data (PSM v3 TMY)

Thanks for the reply Paul.
That is indeed the case, everything is back to normal. The errors stopped shortly after I posted (last one was at Mar 25, 5:40 pm UTC) but, since it was my first post, it needed approval and I wasn't able to reply to it.

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