Where to go after the OCPI primer

Beginner

OCPI 2.2.1

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Try the charging-session lab to follow an exchange, or open the glossary when you need a term.

Review the primer

Revisit these topics before continuing to the charging session lab:

What is OCPI?

Why OCPI matters

Key players in OCPI

How OCPI works

Next Steps

Continue to Key Terminologies for the terms you will meet in OCPI messages, or open the simulator to watch one exchange.

Identify the partiesReview the core rolesFollow one exchange
What OCPI 2.2.1 defines for this lesson
Modules in this version
Locations
Sessions
CDRs
Tariffs
Tokens
Commands
Credentials
Hub Client Info
Charging Profiles
Payments
Bookings
Advertised sender and receiver interfaces

An endpoint declares how another platform can pull or push data. Credentials uses the same interface for both roles.

The header token is encoded

The request header carries an encoded token; the Credentials body still carries the raw token.

Billing records name the Token owner

A charge record names the country and company that own the driver's Token.