---
title: "German spotmarket prices (EPEX/EEX) for dynamic tariffs"
method: POST
path: "/api/german-grid/spotprices"
tags: ["German Grid Data"]
---

# German spotmarket prices (EPEX/EEX) for dynamic tariffs

`POST /api/german-grid/spotprices`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cernion.de`
- URL: `https://api.cernion.de/api/german-grid/spotprices`
- Auth: none declared

Official data from Netztransparenz.de, OAuth2 authenticated. **Automatic ENTSO-E fallback**: when Netztransparenz.de has no data or returns an API error (e.g. for recent/future dates), the endpoint transparently retries with ENTSO-E day-ahead prices (hourly, DE bidding zone). The response is annotated with `data.fallback: true` and `data.fallbackSource: "entsoe_day_ahead_prices"` when the fallback is used.

## Query parameters

- `token` string

## Request body

- object
  - `dateFrom` string, required: Start date. ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) or relative alias: `today`, `today+N`, `today-N`, `tomorrow`, `yesterday`.
  - `dateTo` string, required: End date. ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) or relative alias: `today`, `today+N`, `today-N`, `tomorrow`, `yesterday`.
  - `includeStatistics` boolean: Include price statistics (min/max/avg)
  - `format` 'json' | 'csv' | 'xlsx' | 'xls': Output format. "csv" and "xls"/"xlsx" trigger a file download.
  - `token` string: Optional Cernion MCP token for this request. Overrides CERNION_TOKEN when provided.

## Response `200`

Spot price data retrieved successfully

- object

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