Rotterdam Coal Price API: API2 as JSON

A Rotterdam coal price API (ICE API 2) is symbol COAL_ROTTERDAM on Energy-API. The product-shaped path is GET https://energy-api.com/api/v1/coal/latest with query api_key. It always requests COAL_ROTTERDAM and COAL_NEWCASTLE together. Same envelope as GET /api/v1/latest (success, date, base, rates, dates, currencies) plus a coverage_note.

Rotterdam may be missing. Documented note: COAL_ROTTERDAM (API 2) may be absent when the Nasdaq/ICE feed is unavailable; COAL_NEWCASTLE is sourced from IMF via FRED. Treat a missing rates.COAL_ROTTERDAM key as a feed gap, not as zero. Newcastle is monthly; Rotterdam is daily when the feed works. There is no MCP on this product.

Starter is $19.99/mo (5,000 calls, 5 symbols) with a 7-day trial / 50 calls. Do not pass base=USD unless you intend to drop EUR-denominated rows. Docs: energy-api.com/docs (Coal Latest).

Request: coal latest

curl "https://energy-api.com/api/v1/coal/latest?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Response shape (no invented tick)

There is no published numeric fixture for these two symbols. Expect this merge — rates only contains symbols that have a last value:

{
"success": true,
"date": "<latest observation date>",
"base": "<MIXED or a currency>",
"rates": {
"COAL_NEWCASTLE": "<live>"
},
"dates": {
"COAL_NEWCASTLE": "<YYYY-MM-DD>"
},
"currencies": {
"COAL_NEWCASTLE": "<code>"
},
"coverage_note": "COAL_ROTTERDAM (API 2) may be absent when the Nasdaq/ICE feed is unavailable; COAL_NEWCASTLE is sourced from IMF via FRED."
}

If Nasdaq is up, COAL_ROTTERDAM appears under rates / dates / currencies as well. Check GET /api/v1/status when Rotterdam is missing.