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Solcast API

The Solcast API provides forecast, live and historical solar irradiance, PV power and weather data. For more information and our complete product specifications please visit [solcast.com](https://solcast.com/). # Free Usage and Paid Subscription Options [Registration](https://toolkit.solcast.com.au/register) is free and access is instant. New users are granted a limited number of free any-location requests to each API endpoint, for testing and evaluation. See our [pricing and plans page](https://solcast.com/pricing) for details. Once these free requests are exhausted, for most data products users can continue to make free requests to our [Unmetered Locations](https://docs.solcast.com.au/#unmetered-locations) for further API testing. To begin using the API commercially, a paid subscription is required. For more details and to request a quote, see our [pricing and plans page](https://solcast.com/pricing). # API Authentication The Solcast API supports multiple authentication method