Download day-ahead LMP (PRC_LMP) data from the CAISO OASIS API as zipped CSV via resultformat=6.
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Build a GET request to https://oasis.caiso.com/oasisapi/SingleZip with queryname=PRC_LMP and the current version parameter for that report.
Set market_run_id=DAM to select the day-ahead market, distinct from real-time pulls which use different market_run_id values on the same query.
Set resultformat=6 to receive CSV instead of the default XML.
Specify startdatetime and enddatetime in UTC using the format yyyymmddThh:mm-0000 (e.g. startdatetime=20260701T07:00-0000&enddatetime=20260702T07:00-0000).
Provide one or more node values (comma-separated PNode/APNode IDs) to scope the query to specific pricing nodes.
Unzip the response; it always arrives as a ZIP file (CSV inside when resultformat=6, or an XML error file if the query failed).
Known gotchas
Most OASIS reports, including PRC_LMP, effectively limit a single request to one trade date; multi-day pulls typically require looping day by day.
Failures often return HTTP 200 with a ZIP containing an XML error document rather than an HTTP error code, so check the zip contents even on apparent success.
Always confirm market_run_id explicitly (day-ahead vs real-time) since PRC_LMP serves both through the same queryname.
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