Carbon Intensity API · Example Payload

Get Intensity Stats

Example response from GET /intensity/stats/2018-01-20T12:00Z/2018-01-20T12:30Z — returns aggregated carbon intensity statistics (min, max, average)

Carbon IntensityEnvironmentEnergyElectricityClimateGreat BritainNational Grid

Get Intensity Stats is an example object payload from Carbon Intensity API, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "Get carbon intensity statistics for a date range",
  "description": "Example response from GET /intensity/stats/2018-01-20T12:00Z/2018-01-20T12:30Z — returns aggregated carbon intensity statistics (min, max, average)",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/stats/2018-01-20T12:00Z/2018-01-20T12:30Z",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "from": "2018-01-20T12:00Z",
          "to": "2018-01-20T12:30Z",
          "intensity": {
            "max": 320,
            "average": 266,
            "min": 180,
            "index": "moderate"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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