Fair Fuel Finder — Health

Ping API (types)

This page checks PHP, database connectivity, table counts, data recency, and configuration. It does not call the external API unless you click Ping API (one request, safely paced).

Runtime

PHP	8.1.34 (litespeed)
Timezone	Australia/Melbourne
Extension: curl	yes
Extension: pdo_mysql	yes
DB connection	yes

Configuration

API base URL	`https://api.fuel.service.vic.gov.au/open-data/v1`
x-consumer-id	91d••••••••••••••••••••••••••754
Min seconds between calls	7

Ensure your API key is present for the importer. Required headers per docs: User-Agent, x-consumer-id, x-transactionid.

Database status Counts & recency

Table	Rows
brands	141
fuel_types	11
stations	1,887
prices_latest	8,045
price_history	7,449,298
agg_state_daily	3,356
agg_brand_daily	98,008
user_favourites	25

Last price_updated_at	2026-11-02 23:54:25 (1 day ago)
Last captured_at	2026-11-04 01:30:24 (6 seconds ago)
Latest state aggregate	2026-11-02
Latest brand aggregate	2026-11-02

If counts are zero, run the importer and check your API key / headers.

API ping result

OK — retrieved fuel types list.

fuelTypes count: 11

This makes a single GET to /fuel/reference-data/types using headers and pacing recommended in the docs.

Cron examples

FAIRFUEL_CONSUMER_ID=YOUR_REAL_KEY
7 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/fuel/cron/pull_fuel_data.php >> /var/log/fairfuel_pull.log 2>&1
22 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/fuel/cron/aggregate_nightly.php >> /var/log/fairfuel_agg.log 2>&1

Put the key line before the jobs so the importer sees it in cron.