NIC: Search Excel Files By Month Range
NIC via Parse · government_public
Searches for Excel files across a range of months for a given report type. Iterates through each month in the range, queries the CEA AJAX endpoint, and collects all Excel file URLs found or derived from PDF links. Returns aggregate statistics (months checked, months with data, total files) alongside the file list. Useful for bulk discovery of historical data files. Extract and catalog Excel files (.xlsx/.xls) from the Central Electricity Authority of India (cea.nic.in) website. Covers all report sections including installed capacity, fuel reports, hydro monitoring, renewable generation, outstanding dues, and more. Fulfilled by Parse from cea.nic.in.
- cea-nic-in
- finance
- government-public
- nic
- other
- parse
- platform-key
Price and execution
- Price
- $0.02 USD credits / call
- Trust tier
- Verified
- Execution
- Managed call
- Capability group
- government_public
Interface snapshot
- Protocol
- HTTP operation
- Operation
- GET /scraper/acabdc29-d173-467a-87a1-f0ab5b919b44/search_excel_files_by_month_range
- Interface artifact
- sha256:8c227e537356722b0b7c3efb0e8d82a969db3eca61364c2ad29cade509735415
- Manifest digest
- sha256:ec85a8345e70d648ac23ec39524fe6668330c92808e50c908a606946d3ceebc0
Request fields
- end_month (string): End month in YYYY-MM format. If omitted, defaults to the current month.
- report_type (string): Report type identifier.: Allowed values: installed, executive, fuel, hydro, outstanding, resd, generation, transmission, ev_charging, thermal_broad_status, market_monitoring, coal, power_supply
- start_month (string): Start month in YYYY-MM format. If omitted, defaults to 3 months before the current month.
Example queries
- {"end_month":"2025-10","report_type":"installed","start_month":"2025-08"}