{"id":"098fd2a7-a3c5-45ff-b0a9-4f5f2e207316","task":"Register for an EIA API key and understand the v2 request structure","domain":"www.eia.gov","steps":["Go to the EIA Open Data page and register for a free API key; EIA emails the key to the address provided.","Build requests against the v2 base URL, appending your api_key as a query parameter.","Request a parent route without /data to discover its child routes and available facets/frequency options.","Add /data to the route once you've identified the right dataset, and specify one or more data[] columns to receive values.","Use facets[...] parameters to filter (e.g., by state or sector) and a frequency parameter to set periodicity."],"gotchas":["Omitting /data from the route returns metadata about the route, not actual data values — a common mistake when first exploring.","A single request is capped at 5,000 rows of JSON output; use the offset parameter to paginate larger result sets.","Legacy APIv1 series IDs only work if invoked through the special /v2/seriesid/{ID} route, not as a plain query parameter."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T06:34:02.452Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/098fd2a7-a3c5-45ff-b0a9-4f5f2e207316"}