openbb-oilpriceapi

OpenBB provider for OilPriceAPI - Real-time oil and commodity prices.

Installation

pip install openbb-oilpriceapi

Quick Start

from openbb import obb

# Configure your API key (get free key at https://oilpriceapi.com/signup)
obb.user.credentials.oilpriceapi_api_key = "your_api_key"

# Get all commodity prices
prices = obb.commodity.oil.price(provider="oilpriceapi")
df = prices.to_dataframe()
print(df)

# Get specific commodity (WTI crude)
wti = obb.commodity.oil.price(symbol="WTI", provider="oilpriceapi")
print(f"WTI Price: ${wti.results[0].price}/barrel")

Supported Commodities

Symbol	Name	Description
WTI	WTI Crude Oil	West Texas Intermediate benchmark
BRENT	Brent Crude Oil	North Sea benchmark
URALS	Urals Crude Oil	Russian export blend
DUBAI	Dubai Crude Oil	Middle East benchmark
NG	Natural Gas (US)	Henry Hub
NG_EU	Natural Gas (EU)	TTF
NG_UK	Natural Gas (UK)	NBP
COAL	Coal	Thermal coal
DIESEL_US	US Diesel	National average
GASOLINE_US	US Gasoline	National average

Configuration

Set Credentials

You can set your API key in multiple ways:

Option 1: In Python

obb.user.credentials.oilpriceapi_api_key = "your_key"

Option 2: Via settings file Add to ~/.openbb_platform/user_settings.json:

{
  "credentials": {
    "oilpriceapi_api_key": "your_key"
  }
}

Option 3: Environment variable

export OPENBB_OILPRICEAPI_API_KEY="your_key"

Examples

Get Price History

# Get WTI prices for the past week
history = obb.commodity.oil.historical(
    symbol="WTI",
    period="past_week",
    provider="oilpriceapi"
)
df = history.to_dataframe()

Compare Commodities

import pandas as pd

# Get all prices and compare
prices = obb.commodity.oil.price(provider="oilpriceapi")
df = prices.to_dataframe()

# Filter for crude oils
crude = df[df['symbol'].isin(['WTI', 'BRENT', 'URALS'])]
print(crude[['symbol', 'price', 'change_percent']])

Visualize Prices

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

history = obb.commodity.oil.historical(
    symbol="BRENT",
    period="past_month",
    provider="oilpriceapi"
)
df = history.to_dataframe()

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
plt.plot(df['date'], df['price'])
plt.title('Brent Crude - Past Month')
plt.ylabel('Price (USD/barrel)')
plt.show()

API Reference

OilPrice

Fetch latest commodity prices.

Parameters:

• symbol (str, optional): Commodity symbol. If not provided, returns all commodities.
• provider (str): Must be "oilpriceapi"

Returns:

• symbol: Commodity symbol
• name: Commodity name
• price: Current price
• currency: Price currency
• unit: Unit of measurement
• updated_at: Last update timestamp
• change: Price change (absolute)
• change_percent: Price change (percentage)

OilHistorical

Fetch historical price data.

Parameters:

• symbol (str, required): Commodity symbol
• period (str): Historical period - past_day (24h hourly), past_week (7d daily), past_month (30d daily). Default: past_week
• provider (str): Must be "oilpriceapi"

Returns:

• date: Price timestamp
• symbol: Commodity symbol
• price: Price at timestamp
• currency: Price currency
• unit: Unit of measurement

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/OilpriceAPI/openbb-oilpriceapi.git
cd openbb-oilpriceapi

# Install dependencies
poetry install

# Run tests
poetry run pytest

# Run tests with coverage
poetry run pytest --cov=openbb_oilpriceapi

Links

• OilPriceAPI Website
• OilPriceAPI Documentation
• OpenBB Platform
• GitHub Repository

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.