Is there an API for Southern Company Customer Portal?

Southern Company Customer Portal does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 3 maintained endpoints for customerportal.southerncompany.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Southern Company Customer Portal data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when customerportal.southerncompany.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Southern Company Customer Portal account?

Some Southern Company Customer Portal actions read data that is only visible when signed in, so those need a credential you connect once. Actions marked "read" without a login requirement run anonymously.

What does the Southern Company Customer Portal API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Utilities

Southern Company Customer Portal API

customerportal.southerncompany.com

Southern Company Customer Portal (Chattanooga Gas / LDC) — login, accounts, bills, PDF download

Actions: 3
Category: Utilities
Login: Some actions
Output: JSON

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Call the Southern Company Customer Portal API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs csp_download_bill.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "csp_download_bill",
    "credential_id": "<your-credential-id>",
    "params": {
      "account_number": "<account_number>"
    }
  }'

3 actions on customerportal.southerncompany.com

Read

Download Bill
csp_download_billreadlogin required10 credits / call
Download one bill as a PDF from the Southern Company Customer Portal. Requires account_number from List Accounts. Choose a statement date from List Bills, or use 'latest'.
account_number
string · required
bill_date
string
bill_id
string
List Accounts
csp_list_accountsreadlogin required10 credits / call
List every utility account on this Southern Company Customer Portal login, with account number, nickname, and service address. Use an account number from this list when calling List Bills or Download Bill.
List Bills
csp_list_billsreadlogin required10 credits / call
List bill statements for an account on the Southern Company Customer Portal. Pass account_number from List Accounts. Each bill includes bill_date and bill_id for Download Bill.
account_number
string · required

Southern Company Customer Portal API questions

Is there an API for Southern Company Customer Portal?: Southern Company Customer Portal does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 3 maintained endpoints for customerportal.southerncompany.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Southern Company Customer Portal data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when customerportal.southerncompany.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Southern Company Customer Portal account?: Some Southern Company Customer Portal actions read data that is only visible when signed in, so those need a credential you connect once. Actions marked "read" without a login requirement run anonymously.
What does the Southern Company Customer Portal API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.