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Carbon Intensity API Factors API

Carbon intensity factors by fuel type

Carbon Intensity API Factors API is one of 5 APIs that Carbon Intensity API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Factors. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, rate-limit docs, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Factors 1

Carbon intensity factors by fuel type

GET
/intensity/factors
Get carbon intensity factors by fuel type
getIntensityFactors → 200400500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CarbonIntensityFactors (14 properties), Error (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property), FactorsResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CarbonIntensityFactors
object
Carbon intensity factors by fuel type (gCO2/kWh)
14 properties
FactorsResponse
object
Response containing carbon intensity factors by fuel type
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
Error response wrapper
1 property
Error
object
Error response
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

carbon-intensity-factors-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Carbon Intensity API publishes across the network.

Carbon Intensity API Generation Mix API
Carbon Intensity API National Intensity API
Carbon Intensity API Regional API
Carbon Intensity API Statistics API