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Electricity Maps Carbon Intensity API

The Carbon Intensity API from Electricity Maps — 3 operation(s) for carbon intensity.

Electricity Maps Carbon Intensity API is one of 11 APIs that Electricity Maps publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Carbon Intensity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.electricitymap.org/v3.

5 operations 5 paths 5 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.electricitymap.org/v3
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Electricity Maps Carbon Intensity API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as auth-token (authToken). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • authToken — API key issued from the Electricity Maps portal, sent in the auth-token header.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Carbon Intensity 5
GET
/carbon-intensity/latest
Latest carbon intensity
getCarbonIntensityLatest 3 params → 200401
GET
/carbon-intensity/history
Carbon intensity history
getCarbonIntensityHistory 3 params → 200401
GET
/carbon-intensity/forecast
Carbon intensity forecast
getCarbonIntensityForecast 3 params → 200401
GET
/v3/carbon-intensity/{temporality}
Get carbon intensity signal
getCarbonIntensity 7 params → 200
GET
/v3/fossil-only-carbon-intensity/{temporality}
Get fossil-only carbon intensity
getFossilOnlyCarbonIntensity 2 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SignalResponse (9 properties), CarbonIntensity (8 properties), CarbonIntensityForecast (3 properties), CarbonIntensityHistory (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CarbonIntensity
object
8 properties
Error
object
2 properties
CarbonIntensityForecast
object
3 properties
CarbonIntensityHistory
object
2 properties
SignalResponse
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Electricity Maps publishes across the network.

Electricity Maps Forecast API
Electricity Maps Health API
Electricity Maps Power Breakdown API
Electricity Maps Power Consumption API
Electricity Maps Power Production API
Electricity Maps Zones API
Electricity Maps Electricity Mix API
Electricity Maps Grid Metrics API
Electricity Maps Pricing API
Electricity Maps Renewables API
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